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List of subjects in Gray's Anatomy: VII. The Veins
Introduction
Introduction (Template:GraySubject)
- Superficial veins (cutaneous veins)
- Deep veins
- Venæ comitantes
- Venous sinuses
the pulmonary veins (Template:GraySubject)
the veins of the heart (Template:GraySubject)
- Coronary sinus (sinus coronarius)
- valve of the coronary sinus (valve of Thebesius)
- Great cardiac vein (v. cordis magna; left coronary vein)
- Small cardiac vein (v. cordis parva; right coronary vein)
- Coronary sinus (sinus coronarius)
- Middle cardiac vein (v. cordis media)
- Posterior vein of the left ventricle (v. posterior ventriculi sinistri)
- Oblique vein of the left atrium (v. obliqua atrii sinistri; oblique vein of Marshall)
- ligament of the left vena cava (lig. venæ cavæ sinistræ vestigial fold of Marshall)
- not ending in the coronary sinus
- anterior cardiac veins
- smallest cardiac veins (veins of Thebesius)
the veins of the exterior of the head and face (Template:GraySubject)
- frontal vein (v. frontalis)
- supraorbital vein (v. supraorbitalis)
- angular vein (v. angularis)
- anterior facial vein (v. facialis anterior; facial vein)
- superficial temporal vein (v. temporalis superficialis)
- middle temporal vein
- posterior facial vein
- transverse facial
- orbital vein
- pterygoid plexus (plexus pterygoideus)
- internal maxillary vein (v. maxillaris interna)
- posterior facial vein (v. facialis posterior; temporomaxillary vein)
- posterior auricular vein (v. auricularis posterior)
- occipital vein (v. occipitalis)
the veins of the neck (Template:GraySubject)
- external jugular vein (v. jugularis externa)
- external jugular vein (v. jugularis externa)
- posterior external jugular vein (v. jugularis posterior)
- anterior jugular vein (v. jugularis anterior)
- anterior jugular vein (v. jugularis anterior)
- internal jugular vein (v. jugularis interna)
- superior bulb
- inferior bulb
- Inferior petrosal sinus (sinus petrosus inferior)
- Lingual veins (vv. linguales)
- ranine vein
- internal jugular vein (v. jugularis interna)
- Pharyngeal veins (vv. pharyngeæ)
- Superior thyroid vein (v. thyreoidea superioris)
- Middle thyroid vein
- vertebral vein (v. vertebralis)
- vertebral vein (v. vertebralis)
- Deep cervical vein (v. cervicalis profunda; posterior vertebral or posterior deep cervical vein)
the veins of the brain (Template:GraySubject)
- cerebral veins (vv. cerebri)
- external veins
- Superior cerebral veins (vv. cerebri superiores)
- Middle cerebral vein (v. cerebri media; superficial Sylvian vein)
- Inferior cerebral veins (vv. cerebri inferiores)
- cerebral veins (vv. cerebri)
- basal vein
- Internal cerebral veins (vv. cerebri internæ; veins of Galen; deep cerebral veins)
- terminal vein (v. terminalis; vena corporis striati)
- Great cerebral vein (v. cerebri magna; great vein of Galen)
- cerebellar veins
- superior cerebellar veins (vv. cerebelli superiores)
- inferior cerebellar veins (vv. cerebelli inferiores)
the sinuses of the dura mater, ophthalmic veins and emissary veins (Template:GraySubject)
- sinuses of the dura mater (Sinus durae matris)
- postero-superior group
- postero-superior group
- postero-superior group
- postero-superior group
- antero-inferior group
- antero-inferior group
- ophthalmic veins (Vena ophthalmica)
- Superior ophthalmic vein (v. ophthalmica superior)
- Inferior ophthalmic vein (v. ophthalmica inferior)
- intercavernous sinuses (sini intercavernosi)
- superior petrosal sinus (sinus petrosus superior)
- inferior petrosal sinus (sinus petrosus inferior)
- ophthalmic veins (Vena ophthalmica)
- basilar plexus
- Emissary veins (emissaria)
the veins of the upper extremity and thorax (Template:GraySubject)
Superficial veins of the Upper extremity
- volar digital veins
- intercapitular veins
- cephalic vein
- vena mediana cubiti (median basilic vein)
- accessory cephalic vein (v. cephalica accessoria)
- basilic vein (v. basilica)
- median antibrachial vein (v. mediana antibrachii)
Deep veins of the Upper extremity
- Deep veins of the Hand
- deep veins of the forearm
- brachial veins (vv. brachiales)
- axillary vein (v. axillaris)
- subclavian vein (v. subclavia)
- 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)
- superior phrenic vein
- inferior thyroid veins (vv. thyreoideæ inferiores)
- highest intercostal vein (v. intercostalis suprema; superior intercostal veins)
- Left innominate vein (v. anonyma sinistra)
- superior vena cava (v. cava superior)
- azygos vein (v. azygos; vena azygos major)
- intercostal veins on the left side
- Hemiazygos vein (v. hemiazygos; vena azygos minor inferior)
- Accessory hemiazygos vein (v. hemiazygos accessoria; vena azygos minor superior)
- Bronchial veins (vv. bronchiales)
Veins of the Vertebral column
- external vertebral venous plexuses (plexus venosi vertebrales externi; extraspinal veins)
- internal vertebral venous plexuses (plexus venosi vertebrales interni; intraspinal veins)
- anterior internal plexuses
- posterior internal plexuses
- venous rings (retia venosa vertebrarum)
- basivertebral veins (vv. basivertebrales)
- intervertebral veins (vv. intervertebrales)
- veins of the medulla spinalis (vv. spinales; veins of the spinal cord)
the veins of the lower extremity, abdomen, and pelvis (Template:GraySubject)
Superficial veins of the Lower extremity
- dorsum of the foot
- sole of the foot
- great saphenous vein (v. saphena magna; internal or long saphenous vein)
- accessory saphenous vein
- thoracoepigastric vein
- small saphenous vein (v. saphena parva; external or short saphenous vein)
Deep veins of the Lower extremity
- plantar digital veins (vv. digitales plantares)
- plantar digital veins (vv. digitales plantares)
- posterior tibial veins (vv. tibiales posteriores)
- anterior tibial veins (vv. tibiales anteriores)
- Popliteal vein (v. poplitea)
- femoral vein (v. femoralis)
- Deep femoral vein (v. profunda femoris)
- external iliac vein (v. iliaca externa)
- Inferior epigastric vein (v. epigastrica inferior; deep epigastric vein)
- external iliac vein (v. iliaca externa)
- Deep iliac circumflex vein (v. circumflexa ilium profunda)
- Pubic vein
- hypogastric vein (v. hypogastrica; internal iliac vein)
- Tributaries of hypogastric vein
- Superior gluteal veins (vv. glutaeæ superiores; gluteal veins)
- Inferior gluteal veins (vv. glutaeæ inferiores; sciatic veins)
- Internal pudendal veins (internal pudic veins)
- Tributaries of hypogastric vein
- Obturator vein (v. obturatoria)
- Lateral sacral veins (vv. sacrales laterales)
- Middle hemorrhoidal vein (v. hæmorrhoidalis media)
- hemorrhoidal plexus (plexus hæmorrhoidalis)
- pudendal plexus (plexus pudendalis; vesicoprostatic plexus)
- vesical plexus (plexus vesicalis)
- Dorsal veins of the penis (vv. dorsales penis)
- uterine plexuses
- vaginal plexuses
- common iliac veins (vv. iliacæ communes)
- Middle sacral veins (vv. sacrales mediales)
- inferior vena cava (v. cava inferior)
- inferior vena cava (v. cava inferior)
- right phrenicopericardiac ligament
- Tributaries of inferior vena cava
- Lumbar veins (vv. lumbales)
- Spermatic veins (vv. spermaticæ)
- Tributaries of inferior vena cava
- Ovarian veins (vv. ovaricæ)
- Renal veins (vv. renales)
- Suprarenal veins (vv. suprarenales)
- Inferior phrenic veins (vv. phrenicæ inferiores)
- Hepatic veins (vv. hepaticæ)
the portal system of veins (Template:GraySubject)
the portal system of veins (Template:GraySubject)
- portal vein (vena portæ)
- ligamentum teres (obliterated umbilical vein)
- ligamentum venosum (obliterated ductus venosus)
- tributaries of the portal vein
- Lienal vein (v. lienalis; splenic vein)
- short gastric veins (vv. gastricæ breves)
- left gastroepiploic vein (v. gastroepiploica sinistra)
- pancreatic veins (vv. pancreaticæ)
- inferior mesenteric vein (v. mesenterica inferior)
- superior hemorrhoidal vein
- Lienal vein (v. lienalis; splenic vein)
- tributaries of the portal vein
- Lienal vein (v. lienalis; splenic vein)
- Superior mesenteric vein (v. mesenterica superior)
- right gastroepiploic vein (v. gastroepiploica dextra)
- pancreaticoduodenal veins (vv. pancreaticoduodenales)
- Coronary vein (v. coronaria ventriculi; gastric vein)
- Pyloric vein
- Cystic vein (v. cystica)
- Parumbilical veins (vv. parumbilicales)