- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
enlarged uterus can
compress veins,
causing higher vein pressure leading to
dilated veins.
Varicose veins that form
during pregnancy may
spontaneously improve...
- arteries, and
large veins;
other arteries,
smaller arterioles,
capillaries that join with
venules (small
veins), and
other veins. The
circulatory system...
- The
portal vein is
usually formed by the
confluence of the
superior mesenteric,
splenic veins,
inferior mesenteric, left,
right gastric veins and the pancreatic...
- the
hepatic veins are the
veins that
drain venous blood from the
liver into the
inferior vena cava (as
opposed to the
hepatic portal vein which conveys...
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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...
