| venae pericardiacae | Several small veins from the pericardium emptying into the brachiocephalic veins or superior vena cava. Synonym: venae pericardiacae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| venae pericardiacophrenicae | The veins accompanying the pericardiacophrenic artery and emptying into the brachiocephalic veins or superior vena cava. Synonym: venae pericardiacophrenicae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venae peroneae | 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) |
| venae pharyngeae | Several veins from the pharyngeal venous plexus emptying into the internal jugular vein. Synonym: venae pharyngeae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venae phrenicae superiores | Small veins that drain the upper surface of the diaphragm; they are tributaries of the azygos and hemiazygos veins. Synonym: venae phrenicae superiores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venae pontis | Several veins running transversely on the pons to join the petrosal vein. Synonym: venae pontis, veins of pons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venae prefrontales | The superficial veins draining the prefrontal cerebral cortex and emptying into the superior sagittal sinus. Synonym: prefrontal veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venae profundae clitoridis | The veins that pass from the dorsum of the clitoris to join the vesical plexus. Synonym: venae profundae clitoridis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venae pudendae externae | 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) |
| venae pulmonales | The veins that return the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. (12 Dec 1998) |
| venae radiales | 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) |
| venae rectae | The ascending limbs of the vasa rectae in the renal medulla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venae renales | Large veins formed at the renal hilus by the merger of the segmental veins anterior to the corresponding arteries; they open at right angles into the inferior vena cava at the level of the second lumbar vertebra. The left renal vein receives the left suprarenal vein and the left gonadal vein, and passes through the angle between the abdominal aorta and superior mesenteric artery where it may be compressed. Synonym: venae renales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venae renis | The tributaries of the renal vein that drain the kidney; they parallel the arteries in the kidney and consist of interlobular, arcuate, and interlobar veins. Synonym: venae renis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venae sacrales laterales | Several veins that receive the drainage of the sacral venous plexus and sacral intervertebral veins then accompany the corresponding artery and empty into the internal iliac vein on each side. Synonym: venae sacrales laterales. (05 Mar 2000) |