• Superficial veins (cutaneous veins)
• Deep veins
• Venæ comitantes
• Venous sinuses

• Coronary sinus
  Coronary sinus
  The coronary sinus is a collection of veins joined together to form a large vessel that collects blood from the myocardium of the heart. It is present in all mammals, including humans...
  
   (sinus coronarius)
  • valve of the coronary sinus
    Valve of the coronary sinus
    The valve of the coronary sinus is a semicircular fold of the lining membrane of the right atrium, at the orifice of the coronary sinus.The valve may vary in size, or be completely absent....
    
     (valve of Thebesius)
  • Great cardiac vein
    Great cardiac vein
    The Great Cardiac Vein begins at the apex of the heart and ascends along the anterior longitudinal sulcus to the base of the ventricles....
    
     (v. cordis magna; left coronary vein)
    • left marginal vein
      Left marginal vein
      The great cardiac vein receives tributaries from the left atrium and from both ventricles: one, the left marginal vein, is of considerable size, and ascends along the left margin of the heart....
      
      
  • Small cardiac vein
    Small cardiac vein
    The small cardiac vein runs in the coronary sulcus between the right atrium and ventricle, and opens into the right extremity of the coronary sinus.It receives blood from the back of the right atrium and ventricle....
    
     (v. cordis parva; right coronary vein)
    • right marginal vein
      Right marginal vein
      The right marginal vein is a branch of the right coronary artery. It ascends along the right margin of the heart and joins the small cardiac vein in the coronary sulcus, or opens directly into the right atrium....
      
      

• Coronary sinus
  Coronary sinus
  The coronary sinus is a collection of veins joined together to form a large vessel that collects blood from the myocardium of the heart. It is present in all mammals, including humans...
  
   (sinus coronarius)
  • Middle cardiac vein
    Middle cardiac vein
    The middle cardiac vein commences at the apex of the heart, ascends in the posterior longitudinal sulcus, and ends in the coronary sinus near its right extremity.-External links: - "Posterior view of the heart."...
    
     (v. cordis media)
  • Posterior vein of the left ventricle
    Posterior vein of the left ventricle
    The Posterior Vein of the Left Ventricle runs on the diaphragmatic surface of the left ventricle to the coronary sinus, but may end in the great cardiac vein....
    
     (v. posterior ventriculi sinistri)
  • Oblique vein of the left atrium
    Oblique vein of the left atrium
    The Oblique Vein of the Left Atrium is a small vessel which descends obliquely on the back of the left atrium and ends in the coronary sinus near its left extremity; it is continuous above with the ligament of the left vena cava , and the two structures form the remnant of the left Cuvierian duct....
    
     (v. obliqua atrii sinistri; oblique vein of Marshall)
    • ligament of the left vena cava
      Ligament of the left vena cava
      Between the left pulmonary artery and subjacent pulmonary vein is a triangular fold of the serous pericardium; it is known as the ligament of the left vena cava ....
      
       (lig. venæ cavæ sinistræ vestigial fold of Marshall)
• not ending in the coronary sinus
  Coronary sinus
  The coronary sinus is a collection of veins joined together to form a large vessel that collects blood from the myocardium of the heart. It is present in all mammals, including humans...
  
  
  • anterior cardiac veins
    Anterior cardiac veins
    The anterior cardiac veins , comprising three or four small vessels which collect blood from the front of the right ventricle and open into the right atrium; the right marginal vein frequently opens into the right atrium, and is therefore sometimes regarded as belonging to this groupUnlike most...
    
    
  • smallest cardiac veins (veins of Thebesius)

• supraorbital vein
  Supraorbital vein
  The supraorbital vein begins on the forehead where it communicates with the frontal branch of the superficial temporal vein.It runs downward superficial to the Frontalis muscle, and joins the frontal vein at the medial angle of the orbit to form the angular vein.Previous to its junction with the...
  
   (v. supraorbitalis)
• angular vein
  Angular vein
  The angular vein formed by the junction of the frontal vein and supraorbital vein, runs obliquely downward, on the side of the root of the nose, to the level of the lower margin of the orbit, where it becomes the anterior facial vein....
  
   (v. angularis)
• anterior facial vein
  Anterior facial vein
  The anterior facial vein commences at the side of the root of the nose and is a direct continuation of the angular vein where it also receives a small nasal branch. It lies behind the facial artery and follows a less tortuous course...
  
   (v. facialis anterior; facial vein)
  • common facial vein
    Common facial vein
    The anterior facial vein usually unites with the posterior facial vein to form the common facial vein, which crosses the external carotid artery and enters the internal jugular vein at a variable point below the hyoid bone....
    
    
  • deep facial vein
    Deep facial vein
    The anterior facial vein receives a branch of considerable size, the deep facial vein, from the pterygoid venous plexus.-External links:* http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM...
    
    
• superficial temporal vein
  Superficial temporal vein
  -Path:It begins on the side and vertex of the skull in a plexus which communicates with the frontal vein and supraorbital vein, with the corresponding vein of the opposite side, and with the posterior auricular vein and occipital vein....
  
   (v. temporalis superficialis)
  • middle temporal vein
  • posterior facial vein
    Posterior facial vein
    The retromandibular vein , formed by the union of the superficial temporal and maxillary veins, descends in the substance of the parotid gland, superficial to the external carotid artery but beneath the facial nerve, between the ramus of the mandible and the sternocleidomastoideus muscle.It divides...
    
    
  • transverse facial
    Superficial temporal vein
    -Path:It begins on the side and vertex of the skull in a plexus which communicates with the frontal vein and supraorbital vein, with the corresponding vein of the opposite side, and with the posterior auricular vein and occipital vein....
    
    
  • orbital vein
  • pterygoid plexus
    Pterygoid plexus
    The pterygoid plexus is a venous plexus of considerable size, and is situated between the temporalis muscle and lateral pterygoid muscle, and partly between the two pterygoid muscles.-Tributaries received:...
    
     (plexus pterygoideus)

• internal maxillary vein
  Internal maxillary vein
  The maxillary veins consist of a short trunk which accompanies the first part of the internal maxillary artery....
  
   (v. maxillaris interna)
• posterior facial vein
  Posterior facial vein
  The retromandibular vein , formed by the union of the superficial temporal and maxillary veins, descends in the substance of the parotid gland, superficial to the external carotid artery but beneath the facial nerve, between the ramus of the mandible and the sternocleidomastoideus muscle.It divides...
  
   (v. facialis posterior; temporomaxillary vein)
• posterior auricular vein
  Posterior auricular vein
  The posterior auricular vein begins upon the side of the head, in a plexus which communicates with the tributaries of the occipital vein and superficial temporal veins....
  
   (v. auricularis posterior)
• occipital vein
  Occipital vein
  The occipital vein begins as a plexus at the posterior aspect of the scalp from the external occipital protuberance and superior nuchal line to the back part of the vertex of the skull....
  
   (v. occipitalis)

• external jugular vein
  External jugular vein
  The external jugular vein receives the greater part of the blood from the exterior of the cranium and the deep parts of the face, being formed by the junction of the posterior division of the retromandibular vein with the posterior auricular vein.-Path:...
  
   (v. jugularis externa)
  • sinus
    Sinus (anatomy)
    Sinus is Latin for "bay", "pocket", "curve", or "bosom". In anatomy, the term is used in various contexts.A sinus is a sack or cavity in any organ or tissue, or an abnormal cavity or passage caused by the destruction of tissue...
    
    
• posterior external jugular vein
  Posterior external jugular vein
  The posterior external jugular vein begins in the occipital region and returns the blood from the skin and superficial muscles in the upper and back part of the neck, lying between the Splenius and Trapezius....
  
   (v. jugularis posterior)
• anterior jugular vein
  Anterior jugular vein
  The anterior jugular vein begins near the hyoid bone by the confluence of several superficial veins from the submaxillary region.It descends between the median line and the anterior border of the Sternocleidomastoideus, and, at the lower part of the neck, passes beneath that muscle to open into the...
  
   (v. jugularis anterior)

• anterior jugular vein
  Anterior jugular vein
  The anterior jugular vein begins near the hyoid bone by the confluence of several superficial veins from the submaxillary region.It descends between the median line and the anterior border of the Sternocleidomastoideus, and, at the lower part of the neck, passes beneath that muscle to open into the...
  
   (v. jugularis anterior)
  • venous jugular arch
• internal jugular vein
  Internal jugular vein
  The two internal jugular veins collect the blood from the brain, the superficial parts of the face, and the neck.-Path:On both sides and at the base of the brain, the inferior petrosal sinus and the sigmoid sinus join to form the internal jugular vein...
  
   (v. jugularis interna)
  • superior bulb
  • inferior bulb
  • Inferior petrosal sinus
    Inferior petrosal sinus
    The inferior petrosal sinuses, within the human head, are beneath the brain and allow blood to drain from the center of the head.They drain on either side inferiorly from the cavernous sinus and join with the sigmoid sinus to form the internal jugular vein, which continues inferiorly to drain...
    
     (sinus petrosus inferior)
  • Lingual veins
    Lingual veins
    The lingual veins begin on the dorsum, sides, and under surface of the tongue, and, passing backward along the course of the lingual artery, end in the internal jugular vein....
    
     (vv. linguales)
  • ranine vein

• internal jugular vein
  Internal jugular vein
  The two internal jugular veins collect the blood from the brain, the superficial parts of the face, and the neck.-Path:On both sides and at the base of the brain, the inferior petrosal sinus and the sigmoid sinus join to form the internal jugular vein...
  
   (v. jugularis interna)
  • Pharyngeal veins
    Pharyngeal veins
    The pharyngeal veins begin in the pharyngeal plexus on the outer surface of the pharynx, and, after receiving some posterior meningeal veins and the vein of the pterygoid canal, end in the internal jugular....
    
     (vv. pharyngeæ)
  • Superior thyroid vein
    Superior thyroid vein
    The superior thyroid vein begins in the substance and on the surface of the thyroid gland, by tributaries corresponding with the branches of the superior thyroid artery, and ends in the upper part of the internal jugular vein....
    
     (v. thyreoidea superioris)
  • Middle thyroid vein
    Middle thyroid vein
    The middle thyroid vein collects the blood from the lower part of the thyroid gland, and after being joined by some veins from the larynx and trachea, ends in the lower part of the internal jugular vein....
    
    
• vertebral vein
  Vertebral vein
  The vertebral vein is formed in the suboccipital triangle, from numerous small tributaries which spring from the internal vertebral venous plexuses and issue from the vertebral canal above the posterior arch of the atlas....
  
   (v. vertebralis)

• vertebral vein
  Vertebral vein
  The vertebral vein is formed in the suboccipital triangle, from numerous small tributaries which spring from the internal vertebral venous plexuses and issue from the vertebral canal above the posterior arch of the atlas....
  
   (v. vertebralis)
  • Anterior vertebral vein
• Deep cervical vein
  Deep cervical vein
  The deep cervical vein accompanies its artery between the Semispinales capitis and colli....
  
   (v. cervicalis profunda; posterior vertebral or posterior deep cervical vein)

• cerebral veins
  Cerebral veins
  The cerebral veins are divisible into external and internal groups according to the outer surfaces or the inner parts of the hemispheres they drain into....
  
   (vv. cerebri)
  • external veins
  • Superior cerebral veins
    Superior cerebral veins
    The superior cerebral veins, numbering eight to twelve, drain the superior, lateral, and medial surfaces of the hemispheres. They are predominantly found in the sulci between the gyri, but can also be found running across the gyri....
    
     (vv. cerebri superiores)
  • Middle cerebral vein
    Middle cerebral vein
    The superficial middle cerebral vein begins on the lateral surface of the hemisphere, and, running along the lateral cerebral sulcus, ends in the cavernous or the sphenoparietal sinus.-Relations:It is connected:...
    
     (v. cerebri media; superficial Sylvian vein)
    • great anastomotic vein of Trolard
      Superior anastomotic vein
      The superior anastomotic vein, also known as the vein of Trolard, is a superficial cerebral vein grouped with the superior cerebral veins. The vein was eponymously named after the 18th century anatomist Jean Baptiste Paulin Trolard. The vein anastomoses with the middle cerebral vein and the...
      
      
    • posterior anastomotic vein of Labbé
      Inferior anastomotic vein
      The inferior anastomotic vein, also known as the vein of Labbé, is one of several superficial cerebral veins on the human brain. It was named after the 17th century French surgeon Charles Labbé, the uncle to the surgeon and politician Léon Labbé. It crosses and anastomoses at its two ends with the...
      
      
  • Inferior cerebral veins
    Inferior cerebral veins
    The inferior cerebral veins, of small size, drain the under surfaces of the hemispheres.Those on the orbital surface of the frontal lobe join the superior cerebral veins, and through these open into the superior sagittal sinus....
    
     (vv. cerebri inferiores)

• cerebral veins
  Cerebral veins
  The cerebral veins are divisible into external and internal groups according to the outer surfaces or the inner parts of the hemispheres they drain into....
  
   (vv. cerebri)
  • basal vein
    Basal vein
    The basal vein is formed at the anterior perforated substance by the union of* a small anterior cerebral vein which accompanies the anterior cerebral artery and supplies the medial surface of the frontal lobe by the fronto-basal vein....
    
    
    • anterior cerebral vein
    • deep middle cerebral vein
      Deep middle cerebral vein
      The deep middle cerebral vein receives tributaries from the insula and neighboring gyri, and runs in the lower part of the lateral cerebral fissure....
      
       (deep Sylvian vein)
    • inferior striate veins
  • Internal cerebral veins
    Internal cerebral veins
    The internal cerebral veins drain the deep parts of the hemisphere and are two in number; each is formed near the interventricular foramen by the union of the terminal and choroid veins....
    
     (vv. cerebri internæ; veins of Galen; deep cerebral veins
    Deep cerebral veins
    The deep cerebral veins are a group of veins in the head.This group includes the superior thalamostriate vein....
    
    )
    • terminal vein and choroid vein
    • great cerebral vein
  • terminal vein (v. terminalis; vena corporis striati)
    • choroid vein
  • Great cerebral vein (v. cerebri magna; great vein of Galen)
• cerebellar veins
  Cerebellar veins
  Cerebellar veins are veins which drain the cerebellum.More specifically, they are:* Superior cerebellar veins* Inferior cerebellar veins...
  
  
  • superior cerebellar veins
    Superior cerebellar veins
    The superior cerebellar veins pass partly forward and medialward, across the superior vermis, to end in the straight sinus and the internal cerebral veins, partly lateralward to the transverse and superior petrosal sinuses....
    
     (vv. cerebelli superiores)
  • inferior cerebellar veins
    Inferior cerebellar veins
    The inferior cerebellar veins are of large size, end in the transverse, superior petrosal, and occipital sinuses....
    
     (vv. cerebelli inferiores)

the sinuses

Dural venous sinuses

The dural venous sinuses are venous channels found between layers of dura mater in the brain...

 of the dura mater

Dura mater

The dura mater , or dura, is the outermost of the three layers of the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal cord. It is derived from Mesoderm. The other two meningeal layers are the pia mater and the arachnoid mater. The dura surrounds the brain and the spinal cord and is responsible for...

, ophthalmic veins

Ophthalmic veins

Ophthalmic veins are veins which drain the eye.More specifically, they can refer to:* Superior ophthalmic vein* Inferior ophthalmic vein...

 and emissary veins

Emissary veins

The emissary veins are valveless veins which normally drain external veins of the skull into the dural venous sinuses. However, because they are valveless, pus can flow into the skull through them as well, making them a possible route for transmission of extracranial infection to get into the...

 

• sinuses of the dura mater (Sinus durae matris)
• postero-superior group
  • superior sagittal sinus
    Superior sagittal sinus
    The superior sagittal sinus , within the human head, is an unpaired area along the attached margin of falx cerebri. It allows blood to drain from the lateral aspects of anterior cerebral hemispheres to the confluence of sinuses...
    
     (sinus sagittalis superior; superior longitudinal sinus)

• postero-superior group
  • superior sagittal sinus
    Superior sagittal sinus
    The superior sagittal sinus , within the human head, is an unpaired area along the attached margin of falx cerebri. It allows blood to drain from the lateral aspects of anterior cerebral hemispheres to the confluence of sinuses...
    
     (sinus sagittalis superior; superior longitudinal sinus)
    • chordae Willisii
    • venous lacunae
    • arachnoid granulations
  • inferior sagittal sinus
    Inferior sagittal sinus
    The inferior sagittal sinus , within the human head, is an area beneath the brain which allows blood to drain outwards posteriorly from the center of the head. It drains to the straight sinus , which connects to the transverse sinuses...
    
     (sinus sagittalis inferior; inferior longitudinal sinus)
  • straight sinus
    Straight sinus
    The straight sinus , within the human head, is an unpaired area beneath the brain which allows blood to drain from the inferior center of the head outwards posteriorly...
    
     (sinus rectus; tentorial sinus)

• postero-superior group
  • transverse sinuses
    Transverse sinuses
    The transverse sinuses , within the human head, are two areas beneath the brain which allow blood to drain from the back of the head. They run laterally in a groove along the interior surface of the occipital bone...
    
     (sinus transversus; lateral sinuses)
    • sigmoid sinus
      Sigmoid sinus
      The sigmoid sinuses , within the human head, are two areas beneath the brain which allow blood to drain inferiorly from the posterior center of the head. They drain from the transverse sinuses and converge with the inferior petrosal sinuses to form the internal jugular vein...
      
      

• postero-superior group
  • transverse sinuses
    Transverse sinuses
    The transverse sinuses , within the human head, are two areas beneath the brain which allow blood to drain from the back of the head. They run laterally in a groove along the interior surface of the occipital bone...
    
     (sinus transversus; lateral sinuses)
    • petrosquamous sinus
      Petrosquamous sinus
      The petrosquamous sinus, when present, runs backward along the junction of the squama and petrous portion of the temporal, and opens into the transverse sinus....
      
      
  • occipital sinus
    Occipital sinus
    The occipital sinus is the smallest of the cranial sinuses.It is situated in the attached margin of the falx cerebelli, and is generally single, but occasionally there are two....
    
     (sinus occipitalis)
  • Confluence of the sinuses (confluens sinuum; torcular Herophili)
• antero-inferior group
  • cavernous sinuses (sinus cavernosus)
    • sphenoparietal sinus
      Sphenoparietal sinus
      The cavernous sinus receives the superior ophthalmic vein through the superior orbital fissure, some of the cerebral veins, and also the small sphenoparietal sinus, which courses along the under surface of the small wing of the sphenoid....
      
      
  • ophthalmic veins
    Ophthalmic veins
    Ophthalmic veins are veins which drain the eye.More specifically, they can refer to:* Superior ophthalmic vein* Inferior ophthalmic vein...
    
     (Vena ophthalmica)

• antero-inferior group
  • ophthalmic veins
    Ophthalmic veins
    Ophthalmic veins are veins which drain the eye.More specifically, they can refer to:* Superior ophthalmic vein* Inferior ophthalmic vein...
    
     (Vena ophthalmica)
    • Superior ophthalmic vein
      Superior ophthalmic vein
      The superior ophthalmic vein begins at the inner angle of the orbit in a vein named the nasofrontal which communicates anteriorly with the angular vein; it pursues the same course as the ophthalmic artery, and receives tributaries corresponding to the branches of that vessel.Forming a short single...
      
       (v. ophthalmica superior)
      • nasofrontal vein
    • Inferior ophthalmic vein
      Inferior ophthalmic vein
      The inferior opthalmic vein begins in a venous net-work at the forepart of the floor and medial wall of the orbit; it receives some vorticose veins and other veins from the Rectus inferior, Obliquus inferior, lacrimal sac and eyelids, runs backward in the lower part of the orbit and divides into...
      
       (v. ophthalmica inferior)
  • intercavernous sinuses
    Intercavernous sinuses
    The intercavernous sinuses are two in number, an anterior and a posterior, and connect the two cavernous sinuses across the middle line.The anterior passes in front of the hypophysis cerebri, the posterior behind it, and they form with the cavernous sinuses a venous circle around the...
    
     (sini intercavernosi)
    • circular sinus
  • superior petrosal sinus
    Superior petrosal sinus
    The superior petrosal sinus is a venous structure located beneath the brain. It receives blood from the cavernous sinus and passes backward and laterally to drain into the transverse sinus....
    
     (sinus petrosus superior)
  • inferior petrosal sinus
    Inferior petrosal sinus
    The inferior petrosal sinuses, within the human head, are beneath the brain and allow blood to drain from the center of the head.They drain on either side inferiorly from the cavernous sinus and join with the sigmoid sinus to form the internal jugular vein, which continues inferiorly to drain...
    
     (sinus petrosus inferior)

• Digital veins
  • dorsal digital veins
    Dorsal digital veins
    Dorsal digital veins may refer to:* dorsal digital veins of the hand* dorsal digital veins of the foot...
    
    
  • dorsal metacarpal veins
    Dorsal metacarpal veins
    The dorsal digital veins from the adjacent sides of the fingers unite to form three dorsal metacarpal veins, which end in a dorsal venous net-work opposite the middle of the metacarpus....
    
    

• volar digital veins
• intercapitular veins
• cephalic vein
  Cephalic vein
  In human anatomy, the cephalic vein is a superficial vein of the upper limb.It communicates with the basilic vein via the median cubital vein at the elbow and is located in the superficial fascia along the anterolateral surface of the biceps brachii muscle.Superiorly the cephalic vein passes...
  
  
• vena mediana cubiti (median basilic vein)

• accessory cephalic vein
  Accessory cephalic vein
  The accessory cephalic vein is a variable vein that passes along the radial border of the forearm to join the cephalic vein near the elbow.. In some cases the accessory cephalic springs from the cephalic above the wrist and joins it again higher up. A large oblique branch frequently connects the...
  
   (v. cephalica accessoria)
• basilic vein
  Basilic vein
  In human anatomy, the basilic vein is a large superficial vein of the upper limb that helps drain parts of hand and forearm. It originates on the medial side of the dorsal venous network of the hand, and it travels up the base of the forearm and arm...
  
   (v. basilica)
• median antibrachial vein (v. mediana antibrachii)

• Deep veins of the Hand
  Hand
  A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered extremity located at the end of an arm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs...
  
  
  • superficial and deep volar venous arch
  • common volar digital veins
  • proper volar digital veins
  • volar metacarpal veins
  • dorsal metacarpal veins
    Dorsal metacarpal veins
    The dorsal digital veins from the adjacent sides of the fingers unite to form three dorsal metacarpal veins, which end in a dorsal venous net-work opposite the middle of the metacarpus....
    
    
• deep veins of the forearm
  Forearm
  -See also:*Forearm flexors*Forearm muscles...
  
  
  • radial veins
    Radial veins
    In anatomy, the radial veins are venae comitantes that accompany the radial artery through the back of the hand and the lateral aspect of the forearm. They join the ulnar veins to form the brachial veins.They follow the same course as the radial artery....
    
    
  • ulnar veins
    Ulnar veins
    In anatomy, the ulnar veins are venae comitantes for the ulnar artery. They mostly drain the medial aspect of the forearm. They arise in the hand and terminate when they join the radial veins to form the brachial veins....
    
    
• brachial veins
  Brachial veins
  In human anatomy, the brachial veins are venae comitantes of the brachial artery in the arm proper. Because they are deep to muscle, they are considered deep veins. Their course is that of the brachial artery : they begin where radial veins and ulnar veins join...
  
   (vv. brachiales)
• axillary vein
  Axillary vein
  In human anatomy, the axillary vein is a large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla and upper limb toward the heart...
  
   (v. axillaris)

• innominate veins (vv. anonymæ; brachiocephalic veins)
  • Right innominate vein (v. anonyma dextra)

• innominate veins (vv. anonymæ; brachiocephalic veins)
  • Left innominate vein (v. anonyma sinistra)
    • internal mammary veins (vv. mammariæ internæ, Internal thoracic vein
      Internal thoracic vein
      In human anatomy, the internal thoracic vein is a vessel that drains the chest wall and mamma, a term used for breast in anatomy....
      
      )
    • superior phrenic vein
      Superior phrenic vein
      The superior phrenic vein, i.e., the vein accompanying the pericardiacophrenic artery, usually opens into the internal mammary vein....
      
      
    • inferior thyroid veins
      Inferior thyroid veins
      The inferior thyroid veins two, frequently three or four, in number, arise in the venous plexus on the thyroid gland, communicating with the middle and superior thyroid veins.They form a plexus in front of the trachea, behind the Sternothyreoidei....
      
       (vv. thyreoideæ inferiores)
    • highest intercostal vein (v. intercostalis suprema; superior intercostal veins)
• superior vena cava
  Superior vena cava
  The superior vena cava is truly superior, a large diameter, yet short, vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the heart's right atrium...
  
   (v. cava superior)

• azygos vein
  Azygos vein
  The azygos vein is a vein running up the right side of the thoracic vertebral column. It can also provide an alternate path for blood to the right atrium by allowing the blood to flow between the venae cavae when one vena cava is blocked.-Structure:...
  
   (v. azygos; vena azygos major)
  • ascending lumbar vein
    Ascending lumbar vein
    The ascending lumbar vein is a vein that runs up through the lumbar region on the side of the vertebral column.-Structure:The ascending lumbar vein is a paired structure...
    
    
• intercostal veins on the left side
  • Hemiazygos vein
    Hemiazygos vein
    The hemiazygos vein is a vein running superiorly in the lower thoracic region, just to the left side of the vertebral column.-Structure:...
    
     (v. hemiazygos; vena azygos minor inferior)
  • Accessory hemiazygos vein
    Accessory hemiazygos vein
    The accessory hemiazygos vein is a vein on the left side of the vertebral column that generally drains the fifth through eighth intercostal spaces on the left side of the body.-Structure:...
    
     (v. hemiazygos accessoria; vena azygos minor superior)
  • Bronchial veins
    Bronchial veins
    The bronchial veins are small vessels that return blood from the larger bronchi and structures at the roots of the lungs. The right side drains into the azygos vein, while the left side drains into the left superior intercostal vein or the accessory hemiazygos vein.The bronchial veins are...
    
     (vv. bronchiales)

• external vertebral venous plexuses
  External vertebral venous plexuses
  The external vertebral venous plexuses best marked in the cervical region, consist of anterior and posterior plexuses which anastomose freely with each other....
  
   (plexus venosi vertebrales externi; extraspinal veins)
  • anterior external plexuses
  • posterior external plexuses
• internal vertebral venous plexuses
  Internal vertebral venous plexuses
  The internal vertebral venous plexuses lie within the vertebral canal in the epidural space, and receive tributaries from the bones and from the medulla spinalis....
  
   (plexus venosi vertebrales interni; intraspinal veins)
  • anterior internal plexuses
  • posterior internal plexuses
  • venous rings (retia venosa vertebrarum)
• basivertebral veins
  Basivertebral veins
  The basivertebral veins emerge from the foramina on the posterior surfaces of the vertebral bodies.They are contained in large, tortuous channels in the substance of the bones, similar in every respect to those found in the diploë of the cranial bones....
  
   (vv. basivertebrales)

• intervertebral veins
  Intervertebral veins
  The intervertebral veins accompany the spinal nerves through the intervertebral foramina; they receive the veins from the medulla spinalis, drain the internal and external vertebral plexuses.Their drainage depends upon the part of the body:...
  
   (vv. intervertebrales)
• veins of the medulla spinalis
  Veins of the medulla spinalis
  The veins of the medulla spinalis are situated in the pia mater and form a minute, tortuous, venous plexus....
  
   (vv. spinales; veins of the spinal cord)

the veins of the lower extremity, abdomen

Abdomen

In vertebrates such as mammals the abdomen constitutes the part of the body between the thorax and pelvis. The region enclosed by the abdomen is termed the abdominal cavity...

, and pelvis 

• dorsum
  Dorsum
  Dorsum is a Latin word. In science, it could mean:* Dorsum , the posterior side of an animal* Dorsum , a term used in astrogeology for a ridge* Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat...
  
   of the foot
  Foot
  The foot is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made up of one or more segments or bones, generally including claws...
  
  
  • dorsal digital veins
    Dorsal digital veins
    Dorsal digital veins may refer to:* dorsal digital veins of the hand* dorsal digital veins of the foot...
    
    
  • intercapitular veins
  • common digital veins
    Common digital veins
    On the dorsum of the foot the dorsal digital veins receive, in the clefts between the toes, the intercapitular veins from the plantar cutaneous venous arch and join to form short common digital veins which unite across the distal ends of the metatarsal bones in a dorsal venous arch....
    
    
  • dorsal venous arch
  • medial
    Medial marginal vein
    The Medial marginal vein is a continuation of the Dorsal venous arch of the foot and is the origin of the long saphenous vein....
    
     and a lateral marginal vein
    Lateral marginal vein
    The lateral marginal vein is a continuation of the Dorsal venous arch of the foot and is the origin of the short saphenous vein....
    
    
• sole of the foot
  • plantar cutaneous venous arch
  • plantar cutaneous venous net-work
• great saphenous vein
  Great saphenous vein
  The great saphenous vein , also long saphenous vein, is the large superficial vein of the leg and thigh.The terms "safaina" and "el safin" have both been claimed as the origin for the word "saphenous."-Path:The GSV originates from where the dorsal vein of the first digit...
  
   (v. saphena magna; internal or long saphenous vein)

• accessory saphenous vein
• thoracoepigastric vein
  Thoracoepigastric vein
  A vein, named the thoracoepigastric, runs along the lateral aspect of the trunk between the superficial epigastric vein below and the lateral thoracic vein above and establishes an important communication between the femoral vein and axillary vein. This is an especially important vein when the...
  
  
• small saphenous vein
  Small saphenous vein
  The small saphenous vein , is a relatively large vein of the superficial posterior leg.-Path:Its origin is where the dorsal vein from the fifth digit merges with the dorsal venous arch of the foot, which attaches to the great saphenous vein...
  
   (v. saphena parva; external or short saphenous vein)

• plantar digital veins
  Plantar digital veins
  The plantar digital veins arise from plexuses on the plantar surfaces of the digits, and, after sending intercapitular veins to join the dorsal digital veins, unite to form four metatarsal veins....
  
   (vv. digitales plantares)
  • intercapitular veins

• plantar digital veins
  Plantar digital veins
  The plantar digital veins arise from plexuses on the plantar surfaces of the digits, and, after sending intercapitular veins to join the dorsal digital veins, unite to form four metatarsal veins....
  
   (vv. digitales plantares)
  • metatarsal veins
  • deep plantar venous arch
  • medial plantar vein and lateral plantar vein
• posterior tibial veins (vv. tibiales posteriores)
  • peroneal veins
• anterior tibial veins (vv. tibiales anteriores)
• Popliteal vein
  Popliteal vein
  The popliteal vein course runs alongside the popliteal artery but carries the blood from the knee joint and muscles in the thigh and calf back to the heart.Its origin is defined by the junction of the posterior tibial vein and anterior tibial vein....
  
   (v. poplitea)
• femoral vein
  Femoral vein
  In the human body, the femoral vein is a blood vessel that accompanies the femoral artery in the femoral sheath. It begins at the adductor canal and is a continuation of the popliteal vein...
  
   (v. femoralis)
• Deep femoral vein (v. profunda femoris)

• external iliac vein
  External iliac vein
  The external iliac veins are large veins that connect the femoral veins to the common iliac veins. Their origin is at the inferior margin of the inguinal ligaments and they terminate when they join the internal iliac veins ....
  
   (v. iliaca externa)
  • Inferior epigastric vein
    Inferior epigastric vein
    In human anatomy, inferior epigastric vein refers to the vein that drains into the external iliac vein and arises from the superior epigastric vein...
    
     (v. epigastrica inferior; deep epigastric vein)

• external iliac vein
  External iliac vein
  The external iliac veins are large veins that connect the femoral veins to the common iliac veins. Their origin is at the inferior margin of the inguinal ligaments and they terminate when they join the internal iliac veins ....
  
   (v. iliaca externa)
  • Deep iliac circumflex vein (v. circumflexa ilium profunda)
  • Pubic vein

• Tributaries of hypogastric vein
  • Superior gluteal veins
    Superior gluteal veins
    The Superior Gluteal Veins are venæ comitantes of the superior gluteal artery; they receive tributaries from the buttock corresponding with the branches of the artery, and enter the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, above the Piriformis, and frequently unite before ending in the...
    
     (vv. glutaeæ superiores; gluteal veins)
  • Inferior gluteal veins
    Inferior gluteal veins
    The Inferior Gluteal Veins , or venæ comitantes of the inferior gluteal artery, begin on the upper part of the back of the thigh, where they anastomose with the medial femoral circumflex and first perforating veins....
    
     (vv. glutaeæ inferiores; sciatic veins)
  • Internal pudendal veins
    Internal pudendal veins
    The internal pudendal veins are the venæ comitantes of the internal pudendal artery.They begin in the deep veins of the penis which issue from the corpus cavernosum penis, accompany the internal pudendal artery, and unite to form a single vessel, which ends in the hypogastric vein.They receive the...
    
     (internal pudic veins)

• Tributaries of hypogastric vein
  • Obturator vein (v. obturatoria)
  • Lateral sacral veins
    Lateral sacral veins
    The lateral sacral veins accompany the lateral sacral arteries on the anterior surface of the sacrum and end in the hypogastric vein....
    
     (vv. sacrales laterales)
  • Middle hemorrhoidal vein (v. hæmorrhoidalis media)
• hemorrhoidal plexus
  Hemorrhoidal plexus
  The hemorrhoidal plexus surrounds the rectum, and communicates in front with the vesical venous plexus in the male, and the uterovaginal plexus in the female....
  
   (plexus hæmorrhoidalis)
• pudendal plexus
  Pudendal plexus (veins)
  The pudendal plexus lies behind the arcuate pubic ligament and the lower part of the pubic symphysis, and in front of the bladder and prostate. Its chief tributary is the deep dorsal vein of the penis, but it also receives branches from the front of the bladder and prostate...
  
   (plexus pudendalis; vesicoprostatic plexus)
  • prostatic veins
  • prostatic plexus
    Prostatic plexus
    The Prostatic Plexus is continued from the lower part of the pelvic plexus. It lies within the fascial shell of the prostate.The nerves composing it are of large size....
    
    
• vesical plexus
  Vesical plexus
  The Vesical Plexus arises from the forepart of the pelvic plexus.The nerves composing it are numerous, and contain a large proportion of spinal nerve fibers.They accompany the vesicle arteries, and are distributed to the sides and fundus of the bladder....
  
   (plexus vesicalis)
• Dorsal veins of the penis
  Dorsal veins of the penis
  Dorsal veins of the penis can refer to:* superficial dorsal vein of the penis* deep dorsal vein of the penis...
  
   (vv. dorsales penis)
• uterine plexuses

• common iliac veins (vv. iliacæ communes)
  • right common iliac
  • left common iliac
• Middle sacral veins (vv. sacrales mediales)

• inferior vena cava
  Inferior vena cava
  The inferior vena cava , also known as the posterior vena cava, is the large vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the lower half of the body into the right atrium of the heart....
  
   (v. cava inferior)
  • valve of the inferior vena cava
    Valve of the inferior vena cava
    The valve of the inferior vena cava lies at the junction of the inferior vena cava and right atrium.In fetal life, the Eustachian valve helps direct the flow of oxygen-rich blood through the right atrium into the left atrium via the foramen ovale...
    
    
• right phrenicopericardiac ligament
• Tributaries of inferior vena cava
  Inferior vena cava
  The inferior vena cava , also known as the posterior vena cava, is the large vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the lower half of the body into the right atrium of the heart....
  
  
  • Lumbar veins
    Lumbar veins
    The lumbar veins are veins running along the inside of the posterior abdominal wall. They are the lumbar equivalent of the posterior intercostal veins.-See also:* Posterior intercostal veins* Subcostal vein* Ascending lumbar vein...
    
     (vv. lumbales)
    • ascending lumbar
  • Spermatic veins (vv. spermaticæ)
    • pampiniform plexus
      Pampiniform plexus
      The pampiniform plexus is a network of many small veins found in the human male spermatic cord. It is formed by the union of multiple spermatic veins from the back of the testis and tributaries from the epididymis....
      
      

• Tributaries of inferior vena cava
  Inferior vena cava
  The inferior vena cava , also known as the posterior vena cava, is the large vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the lower half of the body into the right atrium of the heart....
  
  
  • Ovarian veins
    Ovarian veins
    The ovarian veins correspond with the spermatic in the male; they form a plexus in the broad ligament near the ovary and uterine tube, and communicate with the uterine plexus.They end in the same way as the spermatic veins in the male....
    
     (vv. ovaricæ)
  • Renal veins (vv. renales)
  • Suprarenal veins
    Suprarenal veins
    The Suprarenal veins are two in number:* the right ends in the inferior vena cava.* the left ends in the left renal or left inferior phrenic vein....
    
     (vv. suprarenales)
  • Inferior phrenic veins (vv. phrenicæ inferiores)
  • Hepatic veins (vv. hepaticæ)

• portal vein (vena portæ)
• ligamentum teres (obliterated umbilical vein
  Umbilical vein
  The umbilical vein is a vein present during fetal development that carries oxygenated blood from the placenta to the growing fetus.The blood pressure inside the umbilical vein is approximately 20 mmHg.-Development:...
  
  )
• ligamentum venosum
  Ligamentum venosum
  The ligamentum venosum is the fibrous remnant of the ductus venosus of the fetal circulation. Usually, it is attached to the left branch of the portal vein within the porta hepatis...
  
   (obliterated ductus venosus
  Ductus venosus
  In the fetus, the ductus venosus shunts approximately half of the blood flow of the umbilical vein directly to the inferior vena cava. Thus, it allows oxygenated blood from the placenta to bypass the liver. In conjunction with the other fetal shunts, the foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus, it...
  
  )
• tributaries of the portal vein
  • Lienal vein (v. lienalis; splenic vein
    Splenic vein
    In anatomy, the splenic vein is the blood vessel that drains blood from the spleen.It joins with the superior mesenteric vein, to form the hepatic portal vein and follows a course superior to the pancreas, alongside of the similarly named artery, the splenic artery.It collects branches from the...
    
    )
    • short gastric veins
      Short gastric veins
      The short gastric veins, four or five in number, drain the fundus and left part of the greater curvature of the stomach, and pass between the two layers of the gastrolienal ligament to end in the lienal vein or in one of its large tributaries....
      
       (vv. gastricæ breves)
    • left gastroepiploic vein
      Left gastroepiploic vein
      The left gastroepiploic vein receives branches from the antero-superior and postero-inferior surfaces of the stomach and from the greater omentum; it runs from right to left along the greater curvature of the stomach and ends in the commencement of the splenic vein....
      
       (v. gastroepiploica sinistra)
    • pancreatic veins
      Pancreatic veins
      The pancreatic veins consist of several small vessels which drain the body and tail of the pancreas, and open into the trunk of the great pancreatic vein....
      
       (vv. pancreaticæ)
    • inferior mesenteric vein
      Inferior mesenteric vein
      In human anatomy, the inferior mesenteric vein is a blood vessel that drains blood from the large intestine. It usually terminates when reaching the splenic vein, which goes on to form the portal vein with the superior mesenteric vein...
      
       (v. mesenterica inferior)
    • superior hemorrhoidal vein

• tributaries of the portal vein
  • Lienal vein (v. lienalis; splenic vein
    Splenic vein
    In anatomy, the splenic vein is the blood vessel that drains blood from the spleen.It joins with the superior mesenteric vein, to form the hepatic portal vein and follows a course superior to the pancreas, alongside of the similarly named artery, the splenic artery.It collects branches from the...
    
    )
    • sigmoid veins
  • Superior mesenteric vein
    Superior mesenteric vein
    In anatomy, the superior mesenteric vein is a blood vessel that drains blood from the small intestine . At its termination behind the neck of the pancreas, the SMV combines with the splenic vein to form the hepatic portal vein...
    
     (v. mesenterica superior)
    • right gastroepiploic vein
      Right gastroepiploic vein
      The right gastroepiploic vein drains into the superior mesenteric vein and drains venous blood from the lower parts of the antero-superior and posteroinferior surfaces of the stomach; it runs from left to right along the greater curvature of the stomach between the two layers of the greater omentum....
      
       (v. gastroepiploica dextra)
    • pancreaticoduodenal veins
      Pancreaticoduodenal veins
      The pancreaticoduodenal veins accompany their corresponding arteries: the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery and the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery ; the lower of the two frequently joins the right gastroepiploic vein....
      
       (vv. pancreaticoduodenales)
  • Coronary vein (v. coronaria ventriculi; gastric vein)
  • Pyloric vein
  • Cystic vein
    Cystic vein
    The cystic vein drains the blood from the gall-bladder, and, accompanying the cystic duct, usually ends in the right branch of the portal vein....
    
     (v. cystica)
  • Parumbilical veins (vv. parumbilicales)

See also

• List of images and subjects in Gray's Anatomy
• List of images in Gray's Anatomy: VII. The Veins