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Right Inferior Pulmonary Vein
By: Tim Barclay, PhD
Medically reviewed by: Stephanie Curreli, MD, PhD
Last Updated: Jun 11, 2015
The right inferior pulmonary vein is a large blood vessel which takes blood from the lower lobe of the right lung back to the heart. It runs behind the superior vena cava and the right atrium and deposits the blood directly into the left atrium.
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