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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK Words: 116197

venae cerebelli inferiores
Synonym for inferior veins of cerebellar hemisphere ... Several veins draining the inferior portion of the cerebellar hemispheres; they terminate in the petrosal vein. ... Synonym: venae hemispherii cerebelli inferiores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae cerebelli superiores
Synonym for superior veins of cerebellar hemisphere ... Several veins draining the superior part of the cerebellar hemispheres; they terminate in the superior petrosal sinus or the petrosal vein. ... Synonym: venae hemispherii cerebelli superiores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae cerebri inferiores
Synonym for inferior cerebral veins ... Numerous cerebral veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses. ... Synonym: venae cerebri inferiores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae cerebri internae
Synonym for internal cerebral veins ... Paired veins passing caudally near the midline in the tela choroidea of the third ventricle, formed by the union of the choroid vein, thalamostriate (terminal) vein, and vein of septum pellucidum, and uniting caudally so as to form the great cerebral vein. ... Synonym: venae cerebri internae, veins of Galen. …

venae cerebri profundae
Synonym for deep cerebral veins ... The numerous veins draining the deep structures of the cerebral hemispheres; they empty into the tributaries of the great cerebral vein. ... Synonym: venae cerebri profundae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae cerebri superficiales
Synonym for superficial cerebral veins ... The veins on the superficial surface of the cerebral hemispheres; they comprise three groups: superior, middle, and inferior. ... Synonym: venae cerebri superficiales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae cerebri superiores
Synonym for superior cerebral veins ... Numerous (8 to 10) veins that drain the dorsal convexity of the cortical hemisphere and empty into the superior sagittal sinus, curving rostrally in passing through the subdural space so as to enter the sinus at an acute forward angle. ... Synonym: venae cerebri superiores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae choroideae oculi
An alternate term for vortex veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae ciliares
Synonym for ciliary veins ... Several small veins, anterior and posterior, coming from the ciliary body. ... Synonym: venae ciliares. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae circumflexae femoris mediales
Synonym for medial circumflex femoral veins ... The venae comitantes that parallel the medial circumflex femoral artery. ... Synonym: venae circumflexae femoris mediales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae columnae vertebralis
Synonym for veins of vertebral column ... Includes the internal and external vertebral venous plexuses, the basivertebral veins, and the anterior and posterior spinal veins. ... Synonym: venae columnae vertebralis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae comitantes
A pair of veins, occasionally more, that closely accompany an artery in such a manner that the pulsations of the artery aid venous return. ... Synonym: companion veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae conjunctivales
Synonym for conjunctival veins ... The veins of the conjunctiva which drain primarily to the ophthalmic veins. ... Synonym: venae conjunctivales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae cordis anteriores
Synonym for anterior cardiac veins ... Two or three small veins in the anterior wall of the right ventricle opening directly into the right atrium independently of the coronary sinus. ... Synonym: venae cordis anteriores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae cordis minimae
Numerous small valveless venous channels that open directly into the chambers of the heart from the capillary bed in the cardiac wall, enabling a form of collateral circulation unique to the heart. ... Synonym: smallest cardiac veins, thebesian veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae digitales dorsales pedis
Synonym for dorsal digital veins of foot ... They receive intercapitular veins from the plantar venous arch, join to form four common dorsal digital veins, and terminate in the dorsal venous arch. ... Synonym: venae digitales dorsales pedis, dorsal digital veins of toes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae digitales palmares
Synonym for palmar digital veins ... Paired venae comitantes of the proper and common digital arteries that empty into the superficial palmar venous arch. ... Synonym: venae digitales palmares. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae digitales plantares
Synonym for plantar digital veins ... Drain the plantar and distal dorsal aspects (nail beds) of the toes and pass back to form four metatarsal veins that in turn empty into the plantar venous arch. ... Synonym: venae digitales plantares. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae directae laterales
One or more veins running a subependymal course in a coronal plane over the thalamus, terminating in the internal cerebral vein. ... Synonym: lateral direct veins, surface thalamic veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae dorsales linguae
Synonym for dorsal lingual vein ... <anatomy, vein> Multiple tributaries of the lingual vein draining the dorsum of the tongue, becoming increasingly larger toward the root of the tongue. ... Synonym: venae dorsales linguae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae dorsales penis superficiales
Synonym for superficial dorsal veins of penis ... A pair of veins on the dorsum of the penis superficial to the fascia penis; they are tributaries of the external pudendal veins on each side. ... Synonym: venae dorsales penis superficiales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae epigastricae superiores
Synonym for superior epigastric veins ... The venae comitantes of the artery of the same name, tributaries of the internal thoracic vein. ... Synonym: venae epigastricae superiores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae episclerales
Synonym for episcleral veins ... A series of small venules in the sclera close to the corneal margin that empty into the anterior ciliary veins. ... Synonym: venae episclerales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae ethmoidales
Synonym for ethmoidal veins ... Veins that accompany the anterior and posterior ethmoidal arteries and pass into the superior ophthalmic vein; they drain the ethmoidal sinuses. ... Synonym: venae ethmoidales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae fibulares
An alternate term for peroneal veins, peroneal veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae frontales
Synonym for supratrochlear veins ... Several veins that drain the front part of the scalp and unite with the supraorbital vein to form the angular vein. ... Synonym: venae supratrochleares, frontal veins, venae frontales, venae frontales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae gastricae breves
Synonym for short gastric veins ... <anatomy> Small vessels that drain the fundus and left portion of the stomach wall and empty into the splenic vein. ... Synonym: venae gastricae breves. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae genus
Synonym for veins of knee ... The veins that accompany the genicular arteries; they drain blood from the structures around the knee, terminating in the popliteal vein. ... Synonym: venae genus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae gluteae inferiores
Synonym for inferior gluteal veins ... The venae comitantes of the inferior gluteal artery uniting at the sciatic foramen to form a common trunk which empties into the internal iliac vein. ... Synonym: venae gluteae inferiores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae gluteae superiores
Synonym for superior gluteal veins ... The veins that accompany the superior gluteal artery, entering the pelvis as two veins which unite into one and empty into the internal iliac vein. ... Synonym: venae gluteae superiores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae haemorrhoidales inferiores
Outmoded term for inferior rectal veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae haemorrhoidales mediae
Outmoded term for middle rectal veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae hepaticae
Synonym for hepatic veins ... Veins which drain the liver. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

venae hepaticae dextrae
Synonym for right hepatic veins ... Veins draining much of the right lobe of the liver (posterior segments [VI & VII] and part of the inferior anterior segment [V]) which merge to form a single or sometimes double trunk, draining into the right side of the suprahepatic portion of the inferior vena cava (between the superior surface of the liver …

venae hepaticae mediae
Synonym for middle hepatic veins ... Veins draining the central portion of the liver (the superior anterior segment [VIII] and the left side of the inferior anterior segment [V] of the right lobe and the medial segment [IV] of the left lobe) which join to form a trunk that merges with that of the left hepatic veins about 90% of the time prior to ent …

venae hepaticae sinistrae
Synonym for left hepatic veins ... Veins draining the lateral segments [II & III] of the left lobe of the liver which join to form a single or paired trunk of variable size which usually (90% of the time) merges with that formed by the middle hepatic veins prior to entering the terminal portion of the superior vena cava. ... Synonym: venae hepati …

venae insulares
Veins draining the cortex of the insula, tributaries to the deep middle cerebral vein. ... Synonym: insular veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae intercapitales
Synonym for intercapitular veins ... The veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins in the hand, or the dorsal and plantar veins in the foot. ... Synonym: venae intercapitales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae intercostales anteriores
Synonym for anterior intercostal veins ... Tributaries to the musculophrenic or internal thoracic veins from the anterior portions of intercostal spaces. ... Synonym: venae intercostales anteriores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae intercostales posteriores
Synonym for posterior intercostal veins ... Veins draining the intercostal spaces posteriorly; those of the first 1-C space drain into the brachiocephalic veins; from spaces 2-3 they drain into right and left superior intercostal veins; from the fourth to the eleventh spaces on the right they are tributaries of the azygos vein; on the left they empt …

venae interlobares renis
Synonym for interlobar veins of kidney ... The veins in the kidney that parallel the interlobar arteries, receiving blood from arcuate veins, and terminate in the renal vein. ... Synonym: venae interlobares renis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae interlobulares hepatis
Synonym for interlobular veins of liver ... The terminal branches of the portal vein that course in the portal canals between the conceptual liver lobules and empty into the liver sinusoids. ... Synonym: venae interlobulares hepatis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae interlobulares renis
Synonym for interlobular veins of kidney ... They parallel the interlobular arteries and drain the peritubular capillary plexus, emptying into the arcuate veins. ... Synonym: venae interlobulares renis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae jejunales et ilei
Synonym for jejunal and ileal veins ... The veins that drain the jejunum and ileum; they terminate in the superior mesenteric vein. ... Synonym: venae jejunales et ilei. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae labiales anteriores
Synonym for anterior labial veins ... Tributaries of the femoral or external pudendal veins draining the mons pubis and anterior labia majora. ... Synonym: venae labiales anteriores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae labiales posteriores
Synonym for posterior labial veins ... They pass posteriorly from the labia majora and minora to the internal pudendal veins. ... Synonym: venae labiales posteriores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae labyrinthi
Synonym for labyrinthine veins ... One or more veins accompanying the labyrinthine artery; they drain the internal ear, pass out through the internal acoustic meatus, and empty into the transverse sinus or the inferior petrosal sinus. ... Synonym: venae labyrinthi, internal auditory veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae lumbales
Synonym for lumbar veins ... Five in number, these veins accompany the lumbar arteries, drain the posterior body wall and the lumbar vertebral venous plexuses, and terminate anteriorly as follows: the first and second in the ascending lumbar vein, the third and fourth in the inferior vena cava, and the fifth in the iliolumbar vein; all communicate v …

venae mediastinales
Synonym for mediastinal veins ... Several small veins from the mediastinum emptying into the brachiocephalic veins or the superior vena cava. ... Synonym: venae mediastinales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae medullae oblongatae
Several veins draining the medulla oblongata; they are tributaries of the anterior spinal vein and the petrosal vein. ... Synonym: veins of medulla oblongata. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae meningeae
Synonym for meningeal veins ... Veins that accompany the meningeal arteries; they communicate with venous sinuses and diploic veins and drain into regional veins outside the cranial vault. ... Synonym: venae meningeae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae meningeae mediae
Synonym for middle meningeal veins ... The venae comitantes of the middle meningeal artery that empty into the pterygoid plexus. ... Synonym: venae meningeae mediae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae mesencephalicae
Several veins draining the mesencephalon; the posterior ones are tributaries to the great cerebral vein; the lateral ones are tributaries to the basal vein. ... Synonym: mesencephalic veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae metacarpeae dorsales
Synonym for dorsal metacarpal veins ... Three veins on the dorsum of the hand draining blood from the four medial digits into the dorsal venous network of the hand. ... Synonym: venae metacarpeae dorsales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae metacarpeae palmares
Synonym for palmar metacarpal veins ... Veins emptying into the deep venous arch from which the radial and ulnar veins arise. ... Synonym: venae metacarpeae palmares. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae metatarseae dorsales
Synonym for dorsal metatarsal veins ... Veins arising from the dorsal digital veins forming the dorsal venous arch of the foot. ... Synonym: venae metatarseae dorsales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae metatarseae plantares
Synonym for plantar metatarsal veins ... Veins receiving the plantar digital veins and draining in turn into the deep plantar venous arch, which empties into the medial and lateral plantar veins. ... Synonym: venae metatarseae plantares. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae musculophrenicae
Synonym for musculophrenic veins ... The veins that accompany the musculophrenic artery and drain blood from the upper abdominal wall, and anterior portions of the lower intercostal spaces and the diaphragm. ... Synonym: venae musculophrenicae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae nasales externae
Synonym for external nasal veins ... Several vessels that drain the external nose, emptying into the angular or facial vein. ... Synonym: venae nasales externae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae nuclei caudati
Small veins from the caudate nucleus draining into the superior thalamostriate vein. ... Synonym: veins of caudate nucleus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae occipitales
Synonym for occipital cerebral veins ... The superior cerebral veins draining the occipital cortex and emptying into the superior sagittal sinus and the transverse sinus. ... Synonym: venae occipitales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae oesophageae
Synonym for oesophageal veins ... Series of veins draining the submucous venous plexus of the oesophagus; proceding inferiorly from the cervical portion of the oesophagus, they drain to the inferior thyroid vein, the superior intercostal veins, the azygos, accessory hemiazygos and hemiazygos veins, all of which are ultimately tributaries of the supe …

venae palpebrales
Synonym for palpebral veins ... Veins draining the superior eyelid posteriorly as tributaries of the superior ophthalmic vein. ... Synonym: venae palpebrales, veins of eyelids. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae palpebrales inferiores
Synonym for inferior palpebral veins ... Veins of inferior eyelid; veins originatin gin the inferior eyelid and emptying into the angular vein. ... Synonym: venae palpebrales inferiores, veins of inferior eyelid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae palpebrales superiores
Synonym for superior palpebral veins ... Veins draining the superior eyelid anteriorly into the angular vein. ... Synonym: venae palpebrales superiores, veins of superior eyelid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae pancreaticae
Synonym for pancreatic veins ... Veins draining the pancreas, emptying into the splenic vein and the superior mesenteric vein. ... Synonym: venae pancreaticae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae pancreaticoduodenales
Synonym for pancreaticoduodenal veins ... Veins that accompany the superior and inferior pancreaticoduodenal arteries, emptying into the superior mesenteric or portal vein. ... Synonym: venae pancreaticoduodenales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae paraumbilicales
Synonym for paraumbilical veins ... Several small veins arising from cutaneous veins about the umbilicus running along the round ligament of the liver, and terminating as accessory portal veins in the substance of this organ; they constitute a portocaval anastomosis and are subject to varicosity druign portal hypertension; varicose paraumbilical vei …

venae parietales
Synonym for parietal veins ... The superficial veins draining the parietal cerebral cortex and emptying into the superior sagittal sinus. ... Synonym: venae parietales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae parotidea
Synonym for parotid veins ... Branches draining part of the parotid gland and emptying into the retromandibular vein. ... Synonym: venae parotidea, posterior parotid veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae pectorales
Synonym for pectoral veins ... Veins draining the pectoral muscles and emptying directly into the subclavian vein. ... Synonym: venae pectorales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae pedunculares
Small tributaries of the basal vein from the cerebral peduncle. ... Synonym: peduncular veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae perforantes
Synonym for perforating veins ... The veins that accompany the perforating arteries from the profunda femoris artery; they drain blood from the vastus lateralis and hamstring muscles and terminate in the profunda femoris vein. ... Synonym: venae perforantes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae pericardiacae
Synonym for pericardial veins ... Several small veins from the pericardium emptying into the brachiocephalic veins or superior vena cava. ... Synonym: venae pericardiacae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae pericardiacophrenicae
Synonym for pericardiacophrenic veins ... The veins accompanying the pericardiacophrenic artery and emptying into the brachiocephalic veins or superior vena cava. ... Synonym: venae pericardiacophrenicae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae peroneae
Synonym for peroneal veins ... Venae comsitantes of the peroneal artery; they join the posterior tibial veins to enter the popliteal vein. ... Synonym: venae peroneae, venae fibulares, fibular veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae pharyngeae
Synonym for pharyngeal veins ... Several veins from the pharyngeal venous plexus emptying into the internal jugular vein. ... Synonym: venae pharyngeae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae phrenicae superiores
Synonym for superior phrenic veins ... Small veins that drain the upper surface of the diaphragm; they are tributaries of the azygos and hemiazygos veins. ... Synonym: venae phrenicae superiores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae pontis
Synonym for pontine veins ... Several veins running transversely on the pons to join the petrosal vein. ... Synonym: venae pontis, veins of pons. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae prefrontales
The superficial veins draining the prefrontal cerebral cortex and emptying into the superior sagittal sinus. ... Synonym: prefrontal veins. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae profundae clitoridis
Synonym for deep veins of clitoris ... The veins that pass from the dorsum of the clitoris to join the vesical plexus. ... Synonym: venae profundae clitoridis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae pudendae externae
Synonym for external pudendal veins ... These correspond to the arteries of the same name; they empty into the great saphenous vein or directly into the femoral vein, and receive the superficial dorsal vein of the penis (clitoris) and the anterior scrotal (or labial) veins. ... Synonym: venae pudendae externae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae pulmonales
Synonym for pulmonary veins ... The veins that return the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

venae radiales
Synonym for radial veins ... Venae comitantes of the raidal artery continuing from those of the radial aspect of the deep palmar arch, draining into the venae comitantes of the brachial artery in the cubital fossa. ... Synonym: venae radiales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae rectae
The ascending limbs of the vasa rectae in the renal medulla. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae rectales inferiores
Synonym for inferior rectal veins ... Veins that pass to the internal pudendal vein from the inferior rectal venous plexus around the anal canal. ... Synonym: venae rectales inferiores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae rectales mediae
Synonym for middle rectal veins ... Several veins that pass from the rectal venous plexus (in which they anastomose with the superior rectal veins) to the internal iliac vein, which ultimately drains into the inferior vena cava. Since the superior rectal veins ultimately drain into the portal vein, the middle retal veins participate in a portocaval …

venae renales
Synonym for renal veins ... Large veins formed at the renal hilus by the merger of the segmental veins anterior to the corresponding arteries; they open at right angles into the inferior vena cava at the level of the second lumbar vertebra. The left renal vein receives the left suprarenal vein and the left gonadal vein, and passes through the angle …

venae renis
Synonym for veins of kidney ... The tributaries of the renal vein that drain the kidney; they parallel the arteries in the kidney and consist of interlobular, arcuate, and interlobar veins. ... Synonym: venae renis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae sacrales laterales
Synonym for lateral sacral veins ... Several veins that receive the drainage of the sacral venous plexus and sacral intervertebral veins then accompany the corresponding artery and empty into the internal iliac vein on each side. ... Synonym: venae sacrales laterales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae sclerales
Synonym for scleral veins ... Small veins draining the sclera; they are tributaries to the anterior ciliary veins. ... Synonym: venae sclerales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae scrotales anteriores
Synonym for anterior scrotal veins ... Tributaries of the femoral or exteranl pudendal veins drainign the anterior aspect of the scrotum and the skin and dartos fascia of the shaft and base of the penis. ... Synonym: venae scrotales anteriores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae scrotales posteriores
Synonym for posterior scrotal veins ... Veins from the posteriro aspect of the scrotum to the internal pudendal veins. ... Synonym: venae scrotales posteriores. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae sigmoideae
Synonym for sigmoid veins ... The several tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein that drain the sigmoid colon. ... Synonym: venae sigmoideae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae spinales
Synonym for spinal veins ... The veins that drain the spinal cord; they form a plexus on the surface of the cord from which veins pass along the spinal roots to the internal vertebral venous plexus. ... Synonym: venae spinales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae stellatae
Synonym for venulae stellatae ... The star-shaped groups of venules in the renal cortex. ... Synonym: stellate veins, stellate venules, stellulae verheyenii, venae stellatae, Verheyen's stars. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae striatae
Synonym for inferior thalamostriate veins ... Veins draining the thalamus and striate body exiting the anterior perforated substance; tributary to the basal vein. ... Synonym: venae thalamostriatae inferiores, striate veins, venae striatae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae subcutaneae abdominis
Synonym for subcutaneous veins of abdomen ... The network of superficial veins of the abdominal wall that empty into the thoracoepigastric, superficial epigastric, or superior epigastric veins and form portocaval anastomoses through their communications with the paraumbilical veins. ... Synonym: venae subcutaneae abdominis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae supratrochleares
Synonym for supratrochlear veins ... Several veins that drain the front part of the scalp and unite with the supraorbital vein to form the angular vein. ... Synonym: venae supratrochleares, frontal veins, venae frontales, venae frontales. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

venae temporales profundae
Synonym for deep temporal veins ... Veins corresponding to the arteries of the same name; they empty into the pterygoid venous plexus. ... Synonym: venae temporales profundae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...