vena

ve·na

V0042400 (vē′nə)n. pl. ve·nae (-nē) Anatomy A vein.

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[Middle English, from Latin vēna.]

vena

(ˈviːnə) n, pl -nae (-niː) (Anatomy) anatomy a technical word for vein[C15: from Latin vēna vein]

ve•na

(ˈvi nə)

n., pl. -nae (-nē). Anat. a vein. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vēna vein]

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vena - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"vein, venous blood vesselaccessory cephalic vein, vena cephalica accessoria - a vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbowaccessory hemiazygos vein, accessory hemiazygous vein, vena hemiazygos accessoria - a vein formed by the union of the 4th to 7th posterior intercostal veins; empties into the azygos veinaccessory 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 veinaccompanying vein, vena comitans - a vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous returnanastomotic vein, vena anastomotica - either of two communicating veins serving the brainangular vein, vena angularis - a short vein formed by the supraorbital vein and the supratrochlear vein and continuing as the facial veinanterior vertebral vein, vena vertebralis anterior - a vein that accompanies the ascending cervical artery and opens into the vertebral veinappendicular vein, vena appendicularis - a vein that accompanies the appendicular artery and empties into the ileocolic veinarcuate vein of the kidney, vena arcuata renis - veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal venulesauricular vein, vena auricularis - one of two veins serving the ear regionaxillary vein, vena axillaris - a continuation of the basilic vein and brachial vein that becomes the subclavian veinazygos 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 cavabasal vein, vena basalis - a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral veinbasilic vein, vena basilica - a vein that drains the back of the hand and forearm and empties into the axillary veinbasivertebral vein, vena basivertebralis - one of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexusbrachial vein, vena brachialis - two veins in either arm that accompany the brachial artery and empty into the axillary veinbrachiocephalic vein, innominate vein, vena brachiocephalica - veins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veinsbronchial vein, vena bronchialis - veins serving the bronchi; empty into the azygos veincardinal vein - any of the major venous channels in primitive adult vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebratescentral veins of liver, venae centrales hepatis - terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoidscentral vein of retina, vena centrales retinae - vein formed by the union of the retinal veins; accompanies central arteries of the retina in the optic nervecentral vein of suprarenal gland, vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis - a single draining vein; on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava; on the left it empties into the left renal veincephalic vein, vena cephalica - a large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary veincerebellar vein, vena cerebellum - the veins draining the cerebellumcerebral vein, vena cerebri - any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the braincervical vein, deep cervical vein, vena cervicalis profunda - a vein that accompanies an artery of the same namechoroid vein, vena choroidea - either of two veins serving the choroid coat of the eyeciliary veins, venae ciliares - small veins coming from the ciliary bodycircumflex vein, vena circumflexa - any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same nameclitoral vein, vena clitoridis - veins that serve the clitoriscolic vein, vena colica - vein serving the large intestinecommon facial vein - vein formed by union of facial vein and the retromandibular vein and emptying into the jugular veinconjunctival veins, venae conjunctivales - veins draining the conjunctivacostoaxillary vein - one of several veins connecting intercostal veins with the lateral thoracic vein or the thoracoepigastric vein

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Vene