What it means
Any veinvaynA blood vessel that carries blood back toward the heart.Full entry in the systemic circulation, the loop that serves the whole body except the lungs' gas exchange. These veins carry blood that has given up much of its oxygen back to the right atrium through the venae cavae. The pulmonary veins are the opposite: they carry freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left side of the heart.
At a glance
| Also written | systemic veins |
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