- 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...
-
Varicose veins, also
known as varicoses, are a
medical condition in
which superficial veins become enlarged and twisted.
Although usually just a cosmetic...
- many
smaller minor veins interconnect these primary veins but may
terminate with very fine
vein endings in the mesophyll.
Minor veins are more
typical of...
- arteries, and
large veins;
other arteries,
smaller arterioles,
capillaries that join with
venules (small
veins), and
other veins. The
circulatory system...
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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...
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enlarged uterus can
compress veins,
causing higher vein pressure leading to
dilated veins.
Varicose veins that form
during pregnancy may
spontaneously improve...
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jugular veins (Latin:
Venae iugulares) are
veins that take
blood from the head back to the
heart via the
superior vena cava. The
internal jugular vein descends...
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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...
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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...
-
brachial veins are
venae comitantes of the
brachial artery in the arm proper.
Because they are deep to muscle, they are
considered deep
veins.
Their course...
