| vena azygos | <anatomy, vein> A vein which arises from the right ascending lumbar vein or the vena cava, enters the thorax through the aortic orifice in the diaphragm, and terminates in the superior vena cava. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| vena azygos major | <anatomy, vein> A vein which arises from the right ascending lumbar vein or the vena cava, enters the thorax through the aortic orifice in the diaphragm, and terminates in the superior vena cava. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vena azygos minor inferior | <anatomy, vein> Formed by the merger of the left ascending lumbar vein with the left subcostal vein or a communication from the inferior vena cava, it pierces the left crus of the diaphragm, ascends along the left side of the bodies of the lower thoracic vertebrae, opposite the eighth vertebra, crosses the midline behind the aorta, thoracic duct, and oesophagus, and empties into the azygos vein, sometimes in common with the accessory hemiazygos vein. Synonym: vena hemiazygos, vena azygos minor inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena basalis | A large vein passing caudally and dorsally along the medial surface of the temporal lobe from which it receives tributaries; it empties into the great cerebral vein (of Galen) from the lateral side. Synonym: vena basalis, Rosenthal's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena basalis communis | <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) |
| vena basalis inferior | <anatomy, vein> Tributary to the common basal vein draining the medial and posterior part of the inferior lobe in each lung. Synonym: vena basalis inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena basilica | <anatomy, vein> Arises from the ulnar side of the dorsal venous network of the hand; it curves around the medial side of the forearm, communicates with the cephalic vein via the median cubital vein, and passes up the medial side of the arm to join the axillary vein. Synonym: vena basilica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena basivertebralis | <anatomy, vein> One of a number of veins in the spongy substance of the bodies of the vertebrae, emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus. Synonym: vena basivertebralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena bulbi penis | A tributary of the internal pudendal vein that drains the bulb of the penis. Synonym: vena bulbi penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena bulbi vestibuli | The vein draining the bulb of the vestibule; a tributary of the internal pudendal vein. Synonym: vena bulbi vestibuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena canaliculi cochleae | It drains the cochlea, sacculus, and part of the utricules, and empties into the superior bulb of the jugular vein by accompanying the perilymphatic duct through the cochlear canaliculus. Synonym: vena aqueductus cochleae, vein of cochlear aqueduct, vena canaliculi cochleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena canalis pterygoidei | A vein accompanying the nerve and artery through the pterygoid canal and emptying into the pharyngeal venous plexus. Synonym: vena canalis pterygoidei, vidian vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena cardiaca magna | <anatomy, vein> Begins at the apex of the heart (where it anastomoses with the middle cardiac vein), runs first with the anterior interventricular artery as it ascends the anterior interventricular groove, then turns to the left as it approaches or reaches the coronary groove to run with the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery; it merges with the oblique vein of the left atrium to form the coronary sinus. Synonym: vena cordis magna, left coronary vein, vena cardiaca magna. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena caval foramen | An opening in the right lobe of the central tendon of the diaphragm which transmits the inferior vena cava and branches of the right phrenic nerve. Synonym: foramen venae cavae, foramen of vena cava, foramen quadratum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis | The single draining vein of the gland; it receives a number of medullary veins; on the right side it empties directly into the inferior vena cava and on the left into the left renal vein. Synonym: vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis. (05 Mar 2000) |