Introduction ()

• Superficial veins (cutaneous veins)
• Deep veins
• Venæ comitantes
• Venous sinuses

the pulmonary veins ()

• pulmonary veins

the veins of the heart ()

• Coronary sinus (sinus coronarius)
• valve of the coronary sinus (valve of Thebesius)
• Great cardiac vein (v. cordis magna; left coronary vein)
• left marginal vein
• Small cardiac vein (v. cordis parva; right coronary vein)
• right marginal 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 ()

• frontal vein (v. frontalis)
• nasal arch

• supraorbital vein (v. supraorbitalis)
• angular vein (v. angularis)
• anterior facial vein (v. facialis anterior; facial vein)
• common facial vein
• deep 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 ()

• external jugular vein (v. jugularis externa)

• external jugular vein (v. jugularis externa)
• sinus
• posterior external jugular vein (v. jugularis posterior)
• anterior jugular vein (v. jugularis anterior)

• anterior jugular vein (v. jugularis anterior)
• venous jugular arch
• 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)
• Anterior vertebral vein
• Deep cervical vein (v. cervicalis profunda; posterior vertebral or posterior deep cervical vein)

the diploic veins ()

• diploic veins

the veins of the brain ()

• cerebral veins (vv. cerebri)
• external veins
• Superior cerebral veins (vv. cerebri superiores)
• Middle cerebral vein (v. cerebri media; superficial Sylvian vein)
• great anastomotic vein of Trolard
• posterior anastomotic vein of Labbé
• Inferior cerebral veins (vv. cerebri inferiores)

• cerebral veins (vv. cerebri)
• basal vein
• anterior cerebral vein
• deep middle cerebral vein (deep Sylvian vein)
• inferior striate veins
• Internal cerebral veins (vv. cerebri internæ; veins of Galen; deep cerebral veins)
• terminal vein and choroid vein
• great cerebral vein
• terminal vein (v. terminalis; vena corporis striati)
• choroid vein
• 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 ()

• sinuses of the dura mater (Sinus durae matris)
• postero-superior group
• superior sagittal sinus (sinus sagittalis superior; superior longitudinal sinus)

• postero-superior group
• superior sagittal sinus (sinus sagittalis superior; superior longitudinal sinus)
• chordae Willisii
• venous lacunae
• arachnoid granulations
• inferior sagittal sinus (sinus sagittalis inferior; inferior longitudinal sinus)
• straight sinus (sinus rectus; tentorial sinus)

• postero-superior group
• transverse sinuses (sinus transversus; lateral sinuses)
• sigmoid sinus

• postero-superior group
• transverse sinuses (sinus transversus; lateral sinuses)
• petrosquamous sinus
• occipital sinus (sinus occipitalis)
• Confluence of the sinuses (confluens sinuum; torcular Herophili)
• antero-inferior group
• cavernous sinuses (sinus cavernosus)
• sphenoparietal sinus
• ophthalmic veins (Vena ophthalmica)

• antero-inferior group
• ophthalmic veins (Vena ophthalmica)
• Superior ophthalmic vein (v. ophthalmica superior)
• nasofrontal vein
• Inferior ophthalmic vein (v. ophthalmica inferior)
• intercavernous sinuses (sini intercavernosi)
• circular sinus
• superior petrosal sinus (sinus petrosus superior)
• inferior petrosal sinus (sinus petrosus inferior)

• basilar plexus
• Emissary veins (emissaria)

the veins of the upper extremity and thorax ()

Superficial veins of the Upper extremity

• Digital veins
• dorsal digital veins
• dorsal metacarpal veins

• 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
• superficial and deep volar venous arch
• common volar digital veins
• proper volar digital veins
• volar metacarpal veins
• dorsal metacarpal veins
• deep veins of the forearm
• radial veins
• ulnar veins
• brachial veins (vv. brachiales)
• axillary vein (v. axillaris)

• subclavian vein (v. subclavia)

Veins of the Thorax

• 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)
• superior vena cava (v. cava superior)

• azygos vein (v. azygos; vena azygos major)
• ascending lumbar vein
• 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)
• anterior external plexuses
• posterior external plexuses
• 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 ()

Superficial veins of the Lower extremity

• dorsum of the foot
• dorsal digital veins
• intercapitular veins
• common digital veins
• dorsal venous arch
• medial and a lateral marginal vein
• sole of the foot
• plantar cutaneous venous arch
• plantar cutaneous venous net-work
• 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)
• intercapitular veins

• plantar digital veins (vv. digitales plantares)
• metatarsal veins
• deep plantar venous arch
• medial plantar vein and lateral plantar vein
• posterior tibial veins (vv. tibiales posteriores)
• peroneal veins
• 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)
• prostatic veins
• prostatic plexus
• vesical plexus (plexus vesicalis)
• Dorsal veins of the penis (vv. dorsales penis)
• uterine plexuses

• vaginal plexuses
• common iliac veins (vv. iliacæ communes)
• right common iliac
• left common iliac
• Middle sacral veins (vv. sacrales mediales)
• inferior vena cava (v. cava inferior)

• inferior vena cava (v. cava inferior)
• valve of the inferior vena cava
• right phrenicopericardiac ligament
• Tributaries of inferior vena cava
• Lumbar veins (vv. lumbales)
• ascending lumbar
• Spermatic veins (vv. spermaticæ)
• pampiniform plexus

• 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 ()

• portal system
• sinusoids

• 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

• tributaries of the portal vein
• Lienal vein (v. lienalis; splenic vein)
• sigmoid veins
• 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)

See also

• List of images and subjects in Gray's Anatomy
• List of images in Gray's Anatomy: VII. The Veins