| IJV | internal jugular vein |
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| ILM | insulin-like material; internal limiting membrane |
| IMA | Industrial Medical Association; inferior mesenteric artery; Interchurch Medical Assistance; internal... |
| IMAB | internal mammary artery bypass |
| IMAI | internal mammary artery implant |
| auricular veins | See: anterior auricular vein, posterior auricular vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| basal veins | See: basal vein of Rosenthal, common basal vein, inferior basal vein, superior basal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baumgarten's veins | Nonobliterated remnants of the vena umbilicalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Boyd communicating perforation veins | A vein connecting the superficial and deep venous system in the anteromedial calf. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachial veins | Venae comitantes of the brachial artery which empty into the axillary vein. Synonym: venae brachiales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachiocephalic veins | Large veins on either side of the root of the neck formed by the junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins. They drain blood from the head, neck, and upper extremities, and unite to form the superior vena cava. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bronchial veins | Many veins running in front of and behind the bronchi and uniting into two main trunks which empty on the right side into the azygos vein, on the left into the accessory hemiazygos or the left superior intercostal vein. Synonym: venae bronchiales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiac veins | See: anterior cardiac veins, great cardiac vein, middle cardiac vein, venae cordis minimae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardinal veins | The major systemic venous channels in adult primitive vertebrates and in the embryos of higher vertebrates; the anterior cardinal veins are the major drainage channels from the cephalic part of the body, and the (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| varicose veins | Permanent dilation and tortuosity of vein's, most commonly seen in the legs, probably as a result of congenitally incomplete valves; there is a predisposition to varicose vein's among persons in occupations requiring long periods of standing, and in pregnant women. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palpebral veins | Veins draining the superior eyelid posteriorly as tributaries of the superior ophthalmic vein. Synonym: venae palpebrales, veins of eyelids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |