vein

Blood vessel carrying blood towards the heart. All veins, except the pulmonary vein carry dark, oxygen-poor blood.

Specific

accessory cephalic vein accessory hemiazygos vein accessory saphenous vein accessory vertebral vein acetabular vein angular vein anterior auricular vein anterior cardiac vein anterior cerebral vein anterior ciliary vein anterior circumflex humeral vein anterior jugular vein anterior labial vein anterior pontomesencephalic vein anterior scrotal vein anterior tibial vein anterior vein of septum pellucidum anterior vertebral vein appendicular vein aqueous vein arcuate vein of kidney ascending lumbar vein axillary vein azygos vein basal vein of Rosenthal basilic vein basivertebral vein Boyd communicating perforation vein brachial vein bronchial vein caput medussae (Medusa head) cavernous vein of penis central retinal vein central vein of adrenal (suprarenal) gland central vein of liver (Krukenberg's vein) cephalic vein circumflex scapular vein Cockett communicating perforating vein common basal vein common iliac vein common modiolar vein (spiral vein of modiolus) condylar emissary vein conjunctival vein connecting vein coronary sinus costoaxillay vein cremasteric vein (external spermatic vein) cystic vein deep cerebral vein deep cervical vein deep circumflex iliac vein deep dorsal vein of clitoris deep dorsal vein of penis deep facial vein deep lingual vein deep middle cerebral vein deep palmar (dorsal digital) venous arch deep temporal vein deep vein of penis diploic vein (Breschet vein, Dupuytren canal) dorsal digital vein of foot dorsal digital vein of hand dorsal venous arch of foot dorsal venous network of foot dorsal venous network of hand embryonic vein epigastric vein esophageal vein ethmoidal vein external iliac vein external jugular vein external palatine vein (paratonsillar vein) external pudendal vein facial vein femoral vein fibular (peroneal) vein gastrocolic trunk genicular vein (veins of knee) great cardiac vein great saphenous vein hemiazygos vein hemorrhoidal vein hepatic vein ileal vein ileocolic vein iliolumbar vein inferior gluteal vein inferior mesenteric vein inferior ophthalmic vein inferior rectal vein inferior thalamostriate vein inferior thyroid vein inferior vein of cerebellar hemisphere inferior vein of cerebellar vermis intermediate basilic vein (median basilic vein) intermediate cephalic vein (median cephalic vein) internal iliac vein (hypogastric vein) internal jugular vein internal pudendal vein internal thoracic vein; internal mammary vein intervertebral vein jejunal vein lateral circumflex femoral vein lateral sacral vein lateral thoracic vein left brachiocephalic (innominate) vein left colic vein left gastric vein left gastroepiploic (gastroomental) vein left marginal vein left ovarian vein left posterior ventricular vein left superior intercostal vein left testicular vein lingual vein lingular vein lumbar vein maxillary vein medial circumflex femoral vein median cubital vein median sacral vein median/intermediate vein of forearm, (intermediate antebrachial vein) meningeal vein middle cardiac vein middle colic vein middle rectal vein middle thyroid vein non-compressible vein oblique vein of left atrium obturator vein palmar digital vein pancreatic vein pancreaticoduodenal vein petrosal vein pharyngeal veins phrenic vein plantar digital vein plantar venous arch popliteal vein portacaval anastomoses (portal-systemic anastomoses) portal vein posterior auricular vein posterior circumflex humeral vein posterior labial vein posterior scrotal vein posterior tibial vein posterior vein of septum pellucidum precentral cerebelar vein profunda brachii vein profunda femoris vein (deep vein of thigh) pulmonary vein radial vein renal vein retinal vein retromandibular vein retroperitoneal/Retzius/Ruysch veins right brachiocephalic (innominate) vein right colic vein right gastric vein right gastroepiploic (gastroomental) vein right ovarian vein right testicular vein short gastric vein sigmoid vein small cardiac vein small saphenous vein; short saphenous vein; lesser saphenous vein spinal veins (anterior/posterior) splenic vein subclavian vein superficial circumflex iliac vein superficial dorsal vein of clitoris superficial dorsal vein of penis superficial epigastric vein superficial middle cerebral vein superficial palmar venous arch superficial temporal vein superior epigastric vein superior gluteal vein superior mesenteric vein superior ophthalmic vein superior rectal vein superior thalamostriate vein superior thyroid vein superior vein of cerebellar hemisphere superior vein of cerebellar vermis supraorbital vein suprascapular vein supratrochlear vein supreme (highest) intercostal vein thoracoacromial vein thoracoepigastric vein transverse cervical vein transverse facial vein (transverse vein of face) ulnar vein uterine vein vein of bulb of caudate nucleus vein of bulb of penis vein of bulb of vestibule vein of cochlear canaliculus (vein of the cochlear aqueduct) vein of cochlear window vena cava vertebral vein vestibular vein (anterior & posterior) vorticose vein

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995