Scholars and physicians such as Andreas Vesalius, the father of modern anatomy ... suture a hole in the heart of Jacqueline Johnson. Doctors rush to develop a heart-lung machine, which will ...

The right-hand side of the heart is responsible for pumping deoxygenated blood to the lungs. The left-hand side pumps oxygenated blood around the body. Each side of the heart consists of an atrium ...

From there the blood is pumped to the lungs to get oxygen before going to the left side of the heart to be pumped back out to the body. The IVC gets its name from its structure and location.