| right superior pulmonary vein | <anatomy, vein> The vein returning oxygenated blood from the superior and middle lobes of the right lung to the left atrium. Synonym: vena pulmonalis superior dextra. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| right suprarenal vein | <anatomy, vein> The short vein that passes from the hilum of the right suprarenal to the inferior vena cava. Synonym: vena suprarenalis dextra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right testicular vein | <anatomy, vein> Begins as the pampiniform plexus and ascends to joint the inferior vena cava. Synonym: vena testicularis dextra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| groove for subclavian vein | <anatomy, vein> A groove just anterior to the scalene tubercle of the first rib marking the course of the subclavian vein across the rib. Synonym: sulcus venae subclaviae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| petrosal vein | <anatomy, vein> A short trunk formed by the union of four or five cerebellar and pontine veins opposite the middle cerebellar peduncle; it terminates in the superior petrosal sinus. See: superior petrosal sinus, inferior petrosal sinus. Synonym: vena petrosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rosenthal's vein | Synonym: basal vein of Rosenthal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle cardiac vein | <anatomy, vein> Begins at the apex of the heart (where it anastomoses with the great cardiac vein), and ascends within the posterior interventricular sulcus to the coronary sinus. Synonym: vena cordis media, inferior cardiac vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle colic vein | <anatomy, vein> The tributary of the superior mesenteric vein that carries drainage of the transverse colon and accompanies the middle colic artery. Synonym: vena colica media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle temporal vein | <anatomy, vein> It arises near the lateral angle of the eye and joins the superficial temporal veins to form the retromandibular vein. Synonym: vena temporalis media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle thyroid vein | <anatomy, vein> It passes from the thyroid gland across the common carotid artery with the inferior thyroid arteries to empty into the internal jugular vein. Synonym: vena thyroidea media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cistern of great cerebral vein | <anatomy, vein> An expansion of the subarachnoid space extending forward between the corpus callosum and the thalamus; it encloses the internal cerebral veins which caudally join to form the vena magna cerebri (Galen's vein). Synonym: ambient cistern, Bichat's canal, Bichat's foramen, cistern of great vein of cerebrum, cisterna ambiens, cisterna superioris, cisterna venae magnae cerebri, superior cistern. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cistern of great vein of cerebrum | <anatomy, vein> An expansion of the subarachnoid space extending forward between the corpus callosum and the thalamus; it encloses the internal cerebral veins which caudally join to form the vena magna cerebri (Galen's vein). Synonym: ambient cistern, Bichat's canal, Bichat's foramen, cistern of great vein of cerebrum, cisterna ambiens, cisterna superioris, cisterna venae magnae cerebri, superior cistern. (05 Mar 2000) |
| common basal vein | <anatomy, vein> The tributary to the inferior pulmonary vein (right and left) that receives blood from the superior and inferior basal veins. Synonym: vena basalis communis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| common facial vein | <anatomy, vein> A short vessel formed by the union of the facial vein and the retromandibular vein, emptying into the jugular vein; considered to be a continuation of the facial vein in the NA. Synonym: vena facialis communis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| common iliac vein | <anatomy, vein> Formed by the union of the external and internal iliac veins at the brim of the pelvis and passes upward behind the internal iliac artery to the right side of the body of the fifth lumbar vertebra where it unites with its fellow of the opposite side to form the inferior vena cava; the left common iliac vein is submitted to a pulsating compression by the right common iliac artery against the vertebral column which may result in partial obstruction of the vein. Synonym: vena iliaca communis. (05 Mar 2000) |