| 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) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| infrasegmental veins | infrasegmental veins |
| innominate cardiac veins | The small superficial vein's of the heart. Synonym: Vieussens' veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| innominate veins | An obsolete term for brachiocephalic veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| insular veins | Veins draining the cortex of the insula, tributaries to the deep middle cerebral vein. Synonym: insular veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| intercostal veins | See: anterior intercostal veins, posterior intercostal veins, highest intercostal vein, left superior intercostal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| internal auditory 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) |
| 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. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intersegmental veins | A vein receiving blood from adjacent bronchopulmonary segments; it emerges from the inferior margin of a segment to become a tributary of a branch of a pulmonary vein. Synonym: infrasegmental part, intersegmental part of pulmonary vein, pars infrasegmentalis. (05 Mar 2000) |