Major Veins of Systematic Circulation
Veins Draining into the Superior Vena Cava
Veins Draining into the Inferior Vena Cava
Hepatic Portal Circulation
Veins in the body (location)
100
Major systemic arteries branch off of this main artery
What is the Aorta?
100
These two veins are located in the forearm and unite to form the deep brachial vein.
What are the radial and ulnar veins?
100
These are the three veins that drain the leg.
What are the anterior and posterior tibial veins and the fibular vein?
100
The hepatic portal circulation veins drain blood from the digestive organs, spleen, and pancreas and deliver it to this organ.
What is the liver?
100
This vein is one of the three veins that stems from the subclavian vein and it on the pinky finger side of the arm.
What is the Basilic Vein?
200
This is the largest vein in your upper limb.
What is a subclavian vein?
200
The brachial vein empties blood into this.
What is the axillary vein?
200
The common iliac vein is formed by the union of these two veins.
What is the external iliac vein and the internal iliac vein?
200
These are the major vessels composing the hepatic portal circulation.
What are the splenic, left gastric, and the inferior and superior mesentric veins?
200
These are the veins located in your hands.
What are digital veins?
300
It is the largest vein that runs vertically from the head to trunk.
What is the superior and inferior cava?
300
This is a superficial vein that drains the medial aspect of the arm and empties into the brachial vein proximally.
What is the basilic vein?
300
These veins begin at the dorsal venous arch and are the longest veins of the body.
What are the great saphenous veins?
300
This vein drains the terminal part of the large intestine.
What is the inferior mesenteric vein?
300
This is a vein that branches out in the liver and supplies blood to it.
What are hepatic veins?
400
Veins drain the lower body into this major vein.
What is the inferior vena cava?
400
This vein receives venous blood from the arm through the axillary vein and from the skin and muscles of the head through the external jugular vein.
What is the subclavian vein?
400
A single vein that drains the digestive tract organs and carries blood through the liver before it enters the systematic circulation.
What are the hepatic portal veins?
400
This vein drains the spleen, pancreas, and the left side of the stomach.
What is the splenic vein?
400
This is the largest vein i your neck.
What is Internal jugular vein?
500
Veins draining the head and arms empty into this major vein.
What is the superior vena cava?
500
These are large veins that receive venous drainage from the subclavian, vertebral, and internal jugular veins.
What are the brachiocephalic veins?
500
These veins drain the liver.
What are hepatic veins?
500
This vein joins with the splenic vein to form the hepatic portal vein.
What is the superior mesenteric vein?
500
These veins branch into the kidneys.
What are renal veins?
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