Arteries and veins (also called blood vessels) are tubes of muscle that your blood flows through. Arteries carry blood away from the heart to the rest of the body. Veins push blood back to your heart. You have a complex system of connecting veins and arteries throughout your body. Bas...
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one of a number of veins that course in the subcutaneous tissue and empty into deep veins; they form prominent systems of vessels in the limbs and are usually not accompanied by arteries. Synonym(s):vena cutanea[TA],vena superficialis[TA],cutaneous vein ...
Head and neckArteries:brachiocephalic trunk, subclavian, common carotid, external carotid, internal carotid arteries Veins:internal jugular, external jugular, anterior jugular, subclavian and brachiocephalic veins Nerves:cervical plexus (C1-C5), 12 cranial nerves; olfactory (CN I), optic (CN II), ocu...
There are two venous systems in the brain, thesuperficial and deepcerebral veins, which drain blood following an independent route of arteries, and thedural sinuses. Thedural venous sinusesare divided into a dorsal and a ventral system, which are interconnected. The dorsal system is formed by th...
There is an opening of the tip of the glans known as the meatus, which allows for urination and ejaculation.4 The blood supply to the penis is composed of the internal pudendal arteries, which in turn become the penile arteries. Penetrating the tunica albuginea is the cavernosa artery, a ...
This article deals with blood vessels, types of blood vessels, and how they are involved with the distribution of blood from the heart to the different parts of the body and back to the heart.
thantheircorrespondingarteries?Thesmallbranchesarecalledtributary?Havevenousvalves静脉瓣whichprevent refluxofblood?Twosets ?Superficialveins－lieinthesuperficialfascia,immediatelyundertheskin,andformsvenousrete静脉网 ?Deepveins－runwitharteries,largeveinsareusuallysingle,medium-sizedperipherallimbveinsareoftendouble,...
Veins follow the same general course as arteries, although variations in their number, size, and course are more frequent than in arteries. The accompanying veins are known as satellite veins, or venae comitantes, and often take the same name as the artery they accompany (Fig. 12-1). Alth...
(follow the arteries given the same name: axillary vein, radial vein, ulnar vein and brachial vein) Veins of thorax 胸部的静脉胸部的静脉Azygos vein 奇静脉奇静脉Hem 5、iazygos vein (left, T8 level end in azygos vein)Accessory hemiazygos vein (left down)Vertebral plexus 椎静脉丛椎静脉丛 II...