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Venae comitantes
Two or more veins accompanying an artery. They are usually present with the deep arteries of the extremities.
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Venacavography
Radiography of the vena cava during the injection of a contrast medium.
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Vena cava superior
The principal vein draining blood from the upper portion of the body. It is formed by the junction of the right and left brachiocephalic veins and empties into the right atrium of the heart.
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Vena cava inferior
The principal vein draining blood from the lower portion of the body. It is formed by junction of the two common iliac veins and terminates in the right atrium of the heart.
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Velpeau deformity
Deformity seen in Colles fracture, in which the lower fragment is displaced backward.
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Velopharyngeal
Concerning the soft palate and the pharynx.
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Vitelline vein
In the embryo, either of a pair of veins that return blood to the developing heart from the yolk sac. These veins run inside the yolk stalk, alongside the foregut, through the septum transversum, and into the sinus venosus of the heart. The liver eventually forms around the vitelline veins, coopting them into the portal…
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Umbilical vein
In the embryo, a pair of veins bringing oxygenated blood to the developing heart from the placenta. During development, the right umbilical vein disappears. The left umbilical vein then carries all the oxygenated blood from the placenta via the umbilical cord to the fetus. As the embryonic liver develops, the umbilical vein persists alongside it…
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Ulnar vein
A vein that drains blood from he forearm and the hand and joins the brachial vein.
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Testicular vein
Either of two veins (left and right) that drain blood from the testes. The left testicular vein joins the left renal vein; the right testicular vein joins the inferior vena cava.
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