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Introduction
Blood vessel carrying blood towards the heart. All veins, except the pulmonary vein carry dark, oxygen-poor blood.
More general terms
More specific terms
- accessory cephalic vein
- accessory hemiazygos vein
- accessory saphenous vein
- accessory vertebral vein
- acetabular vein
- angular vein
- anterior auricular vein
- anterior cardiac vein
- anterior cerebral vein
- anterior ciliary vein
- anterior circumflex humeral vein
- anterior jugular vein
- anterior labial vein
- anterior pontomesencephalic vein
- anterior scrotal vein
- anterior tibial vein
- anterior vein of septum pellucidum
- anterior vertebral vein
- appendicular vein
- aqueous vein
- arcuate vein of kidney
- ascending lumbar vein
- axillary vein
- azygos vein
- basal vein of Rosenthal
- basilic vein
- basivertebral vein
- Boyd communicating perforation vein
- brachial vein
- bronchial vein
- caput medussae (Medusa head)
- cavernous vein of penis
- central retinal vein
- central vein of adrenal (suprarenal) gland
- central vein of liver (Krukenberg's vein)
- cephalic vein
- circumflex scapular vein
- Cockett communicating perforating vein
- common basal vein
- common iliac vein
- common modiolar vein (spiral vein of modiolus)
- condylar emissary vein
- conjunctival vein
- connecting vein
- coronary sinus
- costoaxillay vein
- cremasteric vein (external spermatic vein)
- cystic vein
- deep cerebral vein
- deep cervical vein
- deep circumflex iliac vein
- deep dorsal vein of clitoris
- deep dorsal vein of penis
- deep facial vein
- deep lingual vein
- deep middle cerebral vein
- deep palmar (dorsal digital) venous arch
- deep temporal vein
- deep vein of penis
- diploic vein (Breschet vein, Dupuytren canal)
- dorsal digital vein of foot
- dorsal digital vein of hand
- dorsal venous arch of foot
- dorsal venous network of foot
- dorsal venous network of hand
- embryonic vein
- epigastric vein
- esophageal vein
- ethmoidal vein
- external iliac vein
- external jugular vein
- external palatine vein (paratonsillar vein)
- external pudendal vein
- facial vein
- femoral vein
- fibular (peroneal) vein
- gastrocolic trunk
- genicular vein (veins of knee)
- great cardiac vein
- great cerebral vein of Galen
- great saphenous vein
- hemiazygos vein
- hemorrhoidal vein
- hepatic vein
- ileal vein
- ileocolic vein
- iliolumbar vein
- inferior gluteal vein
- inferior mesenteric vein
- inferior ophthalmic vein
- inferior rectal vein
- inferior thalamostriate vein
- inferior thyroid vein
- inferior vein of cerebellar hemisphere
- inferior vein of cerebellar vermis
- intermediate basilic vein (median basilic vein)
- intermediate cephalic vein (median cephalic vein)
- internal cerebral vein
- internal iliac vein (hypogastric vein)
- internal jugular vein
- internal pudendal vein
- internal thoracic vein; internal mammary vein
- intervertebral vein
- jejunal vein
- lateral circumflex femoral vein
- lateral sacral vein
- lateral thoracic vein
- left brachiocephalic (innominate) vein
- left colic vein
- left gastric vein
- left gastroepiploic (gastroomental) vein
- left marginal vein
- left ovarian vein
- left posterior ventricular vein
- left superior intercostal vein
- left testicular vein
- lingual vein
- lingular vein
- lumbar vein
- maxillary vein
- medial circumflex femoral vein
- median cubital vein
- median sacral vein
- median/intermediate vein of forearm, (intermediate antebrachial vein)
- meningeal vein
- middle cardiac vein
- middle colic vein
- middle meningeal vein
- middle rectal vein
- middle thyroid vein
- non-compressible vein
- oblique vein of left atrium
- obturator vein
- palmar digital vein
- pancreatic vein
- pancreaticoduodenal vein
- petrosal vein
- pharyngeal veins
- phrenic vein
- plantar digital vein
- plantar venous arch
- popliteal vein
- portacaval anastomoses (portal-systemic anastomoses)
- portal vein
- posterior auricular vein
- posterior circumflex humeral vein
- posterior labial vein
- posterior scrotal vein
- posterior tibial vein
- posterior vein of septum pellucidum
- precentral cerebelar vein
- profunda brachii vein
- profunda femoris vein (deep vein of thigh)
- pulmonary vein
- radial vein
- renal vein
- retinal vein
- retromandibular vein
- retroperitoneal/Retzius/Ruysch veins
- right brachiocephalic (innominate) vein
- right colic vein
- right gastric vein
- right gastroepiploic (gastroomental) vein
- right ovarian vein
- right testicular vein
- short gastric vein
- sigmoid vein
- small cardiac vein
- small saphenous vein; short saphenous vein; lesser saphenous vein
- spinal veins (anterior/posterior)
- splenic vein
- subclavian vein
- superficial circumflex iliac vein
- superficial dorsal vein of clitoris
- superficial dorsal vein of penis
- superficial epigastric vein
- superficial middle cerebral vein
- superficial palmar venous arch
- superficial temporal vein
- superior epigastric vein
- superior gluteal vein
- superior mesenteric vein
- superior ophthalmic vein
- superior rectal vein
- superior thalamostriate vein
- superior thyroid vein
- superior vein of cerebellar hemisphere
- superior vein of cerebellar vermis
- supraorbital vein
- suprascapular vein
- supratrochlear vein
- supreme (highest) intercostal vein
- thoracoacromial vein
- thoracoepigastric vein
- transverse cervical vein
- transverse facial vein (transverse vein of face)
- ulnar vein
- uterine vein
- vein of bulb of caudate nucleus
- vein of bulb of penis
- vein of bulb of vestibule
- vein of cochlear canaliculus (vein of the cochlear aqueduct)
- vein of cochlear window
- vena cava
- vertebral vein
- vestibular vein (anterior & posterior)
- vorticose vein
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995