- heart, and
veins return deoxygenated blood to the heart, in the deep
veins.
There are
three sizes of
veins: large, medium, and small.
Smaller veins are called...
-
brachiocephalic veins (previously
called innominate veins) are
major veins in the
upper chest,
formed by the
union of the
ipsilateral internal jugular vein and subclavian...
- are many exceptions. The
vein or
veins entering the leaf from the
petiole are
called primary or first-order
veins. The
veins branching from
these are...
-
Varicose veins, also
known as varicoses, are a
medical condition in
which superficial veins become enlarged and twisted.
These veins typically develop...
-
pulmonary veins are the
veins that
transfer oxygenated blood from the
lungs to the heart. The
largest pulmonary veins are the four main
pulmonary veins, two...
- The
jugular veins are
veins that take
blood from the head back to the
heart via the
superior vena cava. The
internal jugular vein descends next to the...
- arteries, and
large veins;
other arteries,
smaller arterioles,
capillaries that join with
venules (small
veins), and
other veins. The
circulatory system...
-
anterior and
posterior tibial veins and
receives many
cutaneous veins; near the knee it
communicates with the
popliteal vein by the Boyd perforator, in the...
-
active at the time of
vein formation. In
extensionally deforming regimes, the
veins occur roughly normal to the axis of extension.
Veins are
common features...
-
superficial veins in the
forearm is
highly variable from
person to person, and
there is a
profuse network of
unnamed superficial veins that the
basilic vein communicates...
