| HV | hallux valgus; Hantaan virus; heart volume; hepatic vein; herpesvirus; high voltage; high volume; ho... |
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| HVWP | hepatic vein wedge pressure |
| IJV | internal jugular vein |
| IMV | inferior mesenteric vein; intermittent mandatory ventilation; intermittent mechanical ventilation; i... |
| INV | inferior nasal vein |
| superior intercostal vein | <anatomy, vein> See: left superior intercostal vein, right superior intercostal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| superior labial vein | <anatomy, vein> Veins taking blood from the upper lip and discharging into the facial vein. Synonym: vena labialis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior laryngeal vein | <anatomy, vein> Vein which accompanies the superior laryngeal artery and empties into the superior thyroid vein. Synonym: vena laryngea superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior mesenteric vein | <anatomy, vein> Begins at the ileum in the right iliac fossa, ascends in the root of the mesentery, and unites behind the pancreas with the splenic vein to form the hepatic portal vein. Synonym: vena mesenterica superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior ophthalmic vein | <anatomy, vein> Begins anteriorly from the nasofrontal vein, passes along the upper part of the medial wall of the orbit, passes through the superior orbital fissure, to empty into the cavernous sinus. Synonym: vena ophthalmica superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior part of lingular branch of left pulmonary vein | <anatomy, vein> The vein that drains the superior lingular bronchopulmonary segment of the left lung. Synonym: pars superior rami lingularis venae pulmonis sinistri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior rectal vein | <anatomy, vein> It drains the greater part of the rectal venous plexus, and ascends between the layers of the mesorectum to the brim of the pelvis, where it becomes the inferior mesenteric vein. As a tributary of the portal vein, it forms a portocaval anastomosis with the middle and inferior rectal veins (caval tributaries) via the rectal venous plexus. Synonym: vena rectalis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior thalamostriate vein | <anatomy, vein> A long vein passing forward in the groove between the thalamus and caudate nucleus, covered by the lamina affixa, receiving the transverse caudate veins along its lateral side, and joining at the caudal wall of Monro's foramen with the choroidal vein and vein of septum pellucidum to form the internal cerebral vein. Synonym: vena terminalis, vena thalamostriata superior, terminal vein, vein of corpus striatum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior thyroid vein | <anatomy, vein> Receives blood from the upper part of the thyroid gland and larynx, accompanies the artery of the same name, and empties into the internal jugular vein. Synonym: vena thyroidea superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior vein of vermis | A vein draining part of the superior part of the cerebellum; it runs on the superior surface of the vermis to terminate in the internal cerebral vein. Synonym: vena vermis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep cervical vein | <anatomy, vein> Large vein running with the artery of the same name between the semispinalis capitis and semispinalis cervicis draining the deep muscles at the back of the neck and emptying into the brachiocephalic or the vertebral vein. Synonym: vena cervicalis profunda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep circumflex iliac vein | <anatomy, vein> Corresponds to the artery of the same name, and empties, near or in a common trunk with the inferior epigastric vein, into the external iliac vein. Synonym: vena circumflexa iliaca profunda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep dorsal vein of clitoris | A tributary of the vesical venous plexus; it runs a course deep to the fascia on the dorsum of the clitoris. Synonym: vena dorsalis clitoridis profunda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep dorsal vein of penis | A vein on the dorsum of the penis deep to the fascia of the penis; it is a tributary to the prostatic venous plexus. Synonym: vena dorsalis penis profunda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep epigastric vein | <anatomy, vein> Corresponds to the artery of the same name and empties into the external iliac vein just proximal to the inguinal ligament. Synonym: vena epigastrica inferior, deep epigastric vein. (05 Mar 2000) |