The Anthromica Library
The human body one structure at a time. Every page has a 3D model you can turn, with its parts numbered on it, where it sits, what it does and what supplies it.
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- Middle cardiac veinVena media cordis interventricularis inferiorA cardiac vein rising from the apex in the posterior interventricular groove to empty into the right end of the coronary sinus.
- Middle colic veinVena colica mediaA vein in the transverse mesocolon that drains the transverse colon and runs with the middle colic artery to the superior mesenteric vein.
- Musculophrenic veinsVenae musculophrenicaeSmall paired veins running along the inner costal margin with the musculophrenic artery, draining the lower chest wall and diaphragm into the internal thoracic vein.
- Occipital sinusSinus occipitalisThe smallest dural venous sinus, running in the attached edge of the falx cerebelli from the foramen magnum up to the confluence of sinuses.
- Occipital veinVena occipitalisA vein of the back of the scalp that drains the occipital region and links with the dural sinuses through emissary veins.
- Palmar digital veinsVenae digitales palmaresSmall veins on the palmar side of the fingers that drain the finger pads and communicate with the dorsal veins and the palmar venous arches.
- Perforating veinsVenae perforantesShort valved veins that pierce the deep fascia of the lower limb to carry blood from the superficial veins into the deep veins.
- Plantar digital veinsVenae digitales plantaresSmall veins on the undersides of the toes that drain the plantar skin of the digits and unite to form the plantar metatarsal veins.
- Plantar metatarsal veinsVenae metatarseae plantaresDeep veins running back in the spaces between the metatarsal bones on the sole, draining the toes into the deep plantar venous arch.
- Plantar venous archArcus venosus plantarisA deep venous arch across the sole of the foot, lying beside the plantar arterial arch and gathering the plantar metatarsal veins.
- Popliteal veinVena popliteaThe deep vein behind the knee, formed by the tibial veins and continuing upwards as the femoral vein.
- Posterior auricular veinVena auricularis posteriorA scalp vein that descends behind the ear and joins the retromandibular vein to form the external jugular vein.
- Posterior circumflex humeral veinVena circumflexa posterior humeriA vein that winds around the back of the surgical neck of the humerus with the axillary nerve and drains into the axillary vein.
- Posterior division of retromandibular veinDivisio posterior venae retromandibularisThe backward branch of the retromandibular vein, which joins the posterior auricular vein below the ear to start the external jugular vein.
- Posterior intercavernous sinusSinus intercavernosus posteriorA small dural venous sinus crossing the midline behind the pituitary gland, joining the two cavernous sinuses.
- Posterior tibial veinsVenae tibiales posterioresPaired deep veins of the back of the leg that accompany the posterior tibial artery from the ankle up to the popliteal fossa.
- Radial veinsVenae radialesPaired deep veins running with the radial artery along the lateral side of the forearm and join the ulnar veins at the elbow.
- Retromandibular veinVena retromandibularisA vein inside the parotid gland behind the jaw, formed by the temporal and maxillary veins and dividing near the jaw angle.
- Right ascending lumbar veinVena lumbalis ascendens dextraA longitudinal vein on the right side of the lumbar vertebrae that connects the lumbar veins and ends by forming the azygos vein.
- Right brachiocephalic veinVena brachiocephalica dextraA short, almost vertical vein behind the right sternoclavicular joint that meets its left partner to begin the superior vena cava.
- Right colic veinVena colica dextraA vein behind the peritoneum on the right of the abdomen that drains the ascending colon into the superior mesenteric vein.
- Right gastro-omental veinVena gastroomentalis dextraA vein of the greater omentum that follows the stomach's greater curvature towards the pylorus and ends in the superior mesenteric vein.
- Right inferior pulmonary veinVena pulmonalis dextra inferiorThe lowest vein of the right lung root, carrying oxygenated blood from the right lower lobe into the left atrium.
- Right renal veinVena renalis dextraThe short vein draining the right kidney, passing straight from the renal hilum into the side of the inferior vena cava.