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S: (n) anterior facial vein, vena facialis anterior (a continuation of the angular vein; unites with the retromandibular vein before emptying into the internal jugular vein)
S: (n) anterior facial vein, vena facialis anterior (a continuation of the angular vein; unites with the retromandibular vein before emptying into the internal jugular vein)
S: (n) vein, vena, venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart) "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"
S: (n) accessory vertebral vein, vena vertebralis accessoria (a vein that accompanies the vertebral vein but passes through the foramen of the transverse process of the 7th cervical vertebra and empties into the brachiocephalic vein)
S: (n) accompanying vein, vena comitans (a vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return)
S: (n) azygos vein, azygous vein, vena azygos (one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava)
S: (n) basal vein, vena basalis (a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein)
S: (n) basivertebral vein, vena basivertebralis (one of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus)
S: (n) emissary vein, vena emissaria (one of several connecting veins in the scalp and head that drain blood from sinuses in the dura mater to veins outside the skull)
S: (n) femoral vein, vena femoralis (a vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same sheath; a continuation of the popliteal vein; becomes the external iliac vein)
S: (n) ileocolic vein, vena ileocolica (a vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon)
S: (n) lingual vein, vena lingualis (a vein that receives blood from the tongue and the floor of the mouth and empties into the internal jugular or the facial vein)
S: (n) maxillary vein, vena maxillaris (posterior continuation of the pterygoid plexus; joins the superficial temporal vein to form the retromandibular vein)
S: (n) obturator vein, vena obturatoria (a vein formed by the union of tributaries that drain the hip joints and thigh muscles; empties into the internal iliac vein)
S: (n) ovarian vein, vena ovarica (one of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left renal vein)
S: (n) peroneal vein, fibular vein, vena peroneus (accompany the peroneal arteries; arising in the heel and running up the back of the leg to join the posterior tibial veins of the popliteal vein)
S: (n) radial vein, vena radialis (superficial veins ascending the radial side of the forearm; combines with the ulnar veins to form the brachial vein)
S: (n) renal vein, vena renalis (veins that accompany renal arteries; open into the vena cava at the level of the 2nd lumbar vertebra)
S: (n) splenic vein, vena lienalis (a vein formed by several small veins on the surface of the spleen; joins the superior mesenteric to form the portal vein)
S: (n) venae renis (veins of the kidney; drain the kidney into the renal vein)
S: (n) vertebral vein, vena vertebralis (a vein that goes through the foramina of the cervical vertebrae and forms a plexus around the vertebral artery; empties into the brachiocephalic vein)