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Heart and Cardiovascular System of the Upper Torso

The cardiovascular system of the upper abdomen and chest includes a number of major cardiovascular organs and blood vessels. These structures are critical to the process of moving deoxygenated blood to the lungs where carbon dioxide is removed from the blood and replaced with oxygen, and then circulating the oxygenated blood throughout the body's tissues and organs.

The primary structures of the cardiovascular system of the upper abdomen and chest are the heart, which pumps blood...

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    Full Heart and Cardiovascular System of the Upper Torso Description

    [Continued from above] . . . throughout the body; and the heart's primary structures and blood vessels, including the aorta and the superior and inferior vena cava. There are also a large number of important blood vessels which serve the major organs of the upper abdomen, including the splenic vein, the abdominal aorta, and the hepatic veins.