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- noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
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- accessory cephalic vein
- accessory hemiazygos vein
- accessory hemiazygous vein
- accessory vertebral vein
- accompanying vein
- anastomotic vein
- angular vein
- anterior vertebral vein
- appendicular vein
- arcuate vein of the kidney
- auricular vein
- axillary vein
- azygos vein
- azygous vein
- basal vein
- basilic vein
- basivertebral vein
- brachial vein
- brachiocephalic vein
- bronchial vein
- capillary vein
- cardinal vein
- central vein of retina
- central vein of suprarenal gland
- central veins of liver
- cephalic vein
- cerebellar vein
- cerebral vein
- cervical vein
- choroid vein
- ciliary veins
- circumflex vein
- clitoral vein
- colic vein
- common facial vein
- conjunctival veins
- costoaxillary vein
- cutaneous vein
- cystic vein
- deep cervical vein
- digital vein
- diploic vein
- dorsal scapular vein
- emissary vein
- epigastric vein
- esophageal veins
- ethmoidal vein
- external nasal vein
- facial vein
- femoral vein
- fibular vein
- gastric vein
- gastroepiploic vein
- gastroomental vein
- genicular vein
- gluteal vein
- hemizygos vein
- hemizygous vein
- hemorrhoidal vein
- hepatic portal vein
- hepatic vein
- ileocolic vein
- iliac vein
- iliolumbar vein
- innominate vein
- intercapitular vein
- intercostal vein
- internal auditory vein
- intervertebral vein
- jugular
- jugular vein
- labial vein
- labyrinthine vein
- lacrimal vein
- laryngeal vein
- lingual vein
- lumbar vein
- maxillary vein
- meningeal veins
- mesenteric vein
- metacarpal vein
- metatarsal vein
- musculophrenic vein
- nasofrontal vein
- oblique vein of the left atrium
- obturator vein
- occipital vein
- oesophageal veins
- ophthalmic vein
- ovarian vein
- palatine vein
- pancreatic vein
- paraumbilical vein
- parotid vein
- pectoral vein
- perforating vein
- pericardial vein
- peroneal vein
- pharyngeal vein
- phrenic vein
- popliteal vein
- portal
- portal vein
- posterior vein of the left ventricle
- prepyloric vein
- pudendal vein
- pulmonary vein
- radial vein
- rectal vein
- renal vein
- sacral vein
- saphenous vein
- scleral veins
- scrotal vein
- sigmoid vein
- spinal vein
- splenic vein
- sternocleidomastoid vein
- stylomastoid vein
- subclavian vein
- sublingual vein
- supraorbital vein
- supratrochlear vein
- temporal vein
- testicular vein
- thalamostriate vein
- thoracic vein
- thoracoepigastric vein
- thyroid vein
- tibial vein
- tracheal vein
- tympanic vein
- ulnar vein
- umbilical vein
- uterine vein
- varicose vein
- vein of penis
- vena anastomotica
- vena angularis
- vena appendicularis
- vena arcuata renis
- vena auricularis
- vena axillaris
- vena azygos
- vena basalis
- vena basilica
- vena basivertebralis
- vena brachialis
- vena brachiocephalica
- vena bronchialis
- vena bulbi penis
- vena bulbi vestibuli
- vena canaliculi cochleae
- vena cava
- vena centrales retinae
- vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis
- vena cephalica
- vena cephalica accessoria
- vena cerebellum
- vena cerebri
- vena cervicalis profunda
- vena choroidea
- vena circumflexa
- vena clitoridis
- vena colica
- vena comitans
- vena cutanea
- vena cystica
- vena digitalis
- vena diploica
- vena emissaria
- vena ethmoidalis
- vena facialis
- vena femoralis
- vena gastrica
- vena gastroomentalis
- vena genus
- vena gluteus
- vena hemiazygos accessoria
- vena hemizygos
- vena hepatica
- vena ileocolica
- vena iliaca
- vena iliolumbalis
- vena intercapitalis
- vena intercostalis
- vena intervertebralis
- vena jugularis
- vena labialis
- vena lacrimalis
- vena laryngea
- vena lienalis
- vena lingualis
- vena lumbalis
- vena maxillaris
- vena mesenterica
- vena metacarpus
- vena metatarsus
- vena musculophrenica
- vena nasalis externa
- vena nasofrontalis
- vena obliqua atrii sinistri
- vena obturatoria
- vena occipitalis
- vena ophthalmica
- vena ovarica
- vena palatina
- vena paraumbilicalis
- vena pectoralis
- vena perforantis
- vena pericardiaca
- vena peroneus
- vena pharyngeus
- vena phrenica
- vena poplitea
- vena portae
- vena posterior ventriculi sinistri
- vena pulmonalis
- vena pylorica
- vena radialis
- vena rectalis
- vena renalis
- vena sacralis
- vena saphena
- vena scapularis dorsalis
- vena scrotalis
- vena sigmoideus
- vena spinalis
- vena sternocleidomastoidea
- vena stylomastoidea
- vena subclavia
- vena sublingualis
- vena supraorbitalis
- vena supratrochlearis
- vena temporalis
- vena testicularis
- vena thoracica
- vena thoracoepigastrica
- vena thyroidea
- vena tibialis
- vena trachealis
- vena ulnaris
- vena umbilicalis
- vena vertebralis
- vena vertebralis accessoria
- vena vertebralis anterior
- vena vesicalis
- vena vestibularis
- vena vorticosum
- venae centrales hepatis
- venae ciliares
- venae conjunctivales
- venae esophageae
- venae interlobulares hepatis
- venae meningeae
- venae palpebrales
- venae pancreatica
- venae pudendum
- venae renis
- venae sclerales
- venula
- venule
- vertebral vein
- vesical vein
- vestibular vein
- vortex vein
- vorticose vein
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