| TASA | tumor-associated surface antigen |
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| TBS | total body solids; total body solute; total body surface; total burn size; Townes-Brocks syndrome; t... |
| TBSA | total body surface area |
| TSA | technical surgical assistance; toluene sulfonic acid; total shoulder arthroplasty; total solute abso... |
| TSSA | tumor-specific cell surface antigen |
| tympanic veins | Veins exiting from the tympanic cavity through the petrotympanic fissure with the chorda tympani and emptying into the retromandibular vein. Synonym: venae tympanicae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| jugular veins | Veins in the neck which drain the brain, face, and neck into the brachiocephalic or subclavian veins. (12 Dec 1998) |
| external nasal veins | Several vessels that drain the external nose, emptying into the angular or facial vein. Synonym: venae nasales externae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| ulnar veins | Venae comitantes of the ulnar artery, continuing from those of the supericial palmar arch and joining with those of the radial artery to form the brachial veins in the cubital fossa. Synonym: venae ulnares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| umbilical veins | Veins which carry oxygenated, nutrient-rich blood from the placenta and which are obliterated in the first few days after birth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Krukenberg's veins | The terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie centrally in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids. Synonym: venae centrales hepatis, Krukenberg's veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibular 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) |
| uterine veins | Two veins on each side which arise from the uterine venous plexus, pass through a part of the broad ligament and then through a peritoneal fold, and empty into the internal iliac vein. Synonym: venae uterinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labial veins | See: anterior labial veins, posterior labial veins, inferior labial vein, superior labial vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| foramina of the smallest veins of heart | <anatomy> A number of fossae in the wall of the right atrium, containing the openings of minute intramural veins. Synonym: foramina venarum minimarum cordis, foramina of the smallest veins of heart, Lannelongue's foramina, thebesian foramina, Vieussens' foramina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laryngeal veins | See: inferior laryngeal vein, superior laryngeal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral circumflex femoral veins | The veins that accompany the lateral circumflex femoral artery, usually terminating in the femoral vein. Synonym: venae circumflexae femoris laterales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral direct veins | 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) |