Vena

n.

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A vein. Vena cava (Anat.) Any one of the great systemic veins connected directly with the heart. Vena contracta (Hydraulics) The contracted portion of a liquid jet at and near the orifice from which it issues. Vena portæ (Anat.) The portal vein of the liver. See under Portal.

Noun

1.

vena - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; all veins except the pulmonary carry unaerated blood Synonyms: vein, venous blood vessel

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, blood vessel, brachial vein, brachiocephalic vein, bronchial vein, capillary vein, cardinal vein, cardiovascular system, 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, circulatory system, 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, 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, venous blood vessel, venula, venule, vertebral vein, vesical vein, vestibular vein, vortex vein, vorticose vein