is a specific kind of: blood vessel.

is a broader term that covers: accessory cephalic vein, vena cephalica accessoria | accessory hemiazygos vein, accessory hemiazygous vein, vena hemiazygos accessoria | accessory vertebral vein, vena vertebralis accessoria | accompanying vein, vena comitans | anastomotic vein, vena anastomotica | angular vein, vena angularis | anterior vertebral vein, vena vertebralis anterior | appendicular vein, vena appendicularis | arcuate vein of the kidney, vena arcuata renis | auricular vein, vena auricularis | axillary vein, vena axillaris | azygos vein, azygous vein, vena azygos | basal vein, vena basalis | basilic vein, vena basilica | basivertebral vein, vena basivertebralis | brachial vein, vena brachialis | brachiocephalic vein, innominate vein, vena brachiocephalica | bronchial vein, vena bronchialis | cardinal vein | central veins of liver, venae centrales hepatis | central vein of retina, vena centrales retinae | central vein of suprarenal gland, vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis | cephalic vein, vena cephalica | cerebellar vein, vena cerebellum | cerebral vein, vena cerebri | cervical vein, deep cervical vein, vena cervicalis profunda | choroid vein, vena choroidea | ciliary veins, venae ciliares | circumflex vein, vena circumflexa | clitoral vein, vena clitoridis | colic vein, vena colica | common facial vein | conjunctival veins, venae conjunctivales | costoaxillary vein | cutaneous vein, vena cutanea | cystic vein, vena cystica | digital vein, vena digitalis | diploic vein, vena diploica | dorsal scapular vein, vena scapularis dorsalis | emissary vein, vena emissaria | epigastric vein | esophageal veins, oesophageal veins, venae esophageae | ethmoidal vein, vena ethmoidalis | external nasal vein, vena nasalis externa | facial vein, vena facialis | femoral vein, vena femoralis | gastric vein, vena gastrica | gastroepiploic vein, gastroomental vein, vena gastroomentalis | genicular vein, vena genus | gluteal vein, vena gluteus | hemizygos vein, hemizygous vein, vena hemizygos | hemorrhoidal vein, rectal vein, vena rectalis | hepatic vein, vena hepatica | ileocolic vein, vena ileocolica | iliac vein, vena iliaca | iliolumbar vein, vena iliolumbalis | intercapitular vein, vena intercapitalis | intercostal vein, vena intercostalis | intervertebral vein, vena intervertebralis | jugular, jugular vein, vena jugularis | labial vein, vena labialis | labial vein, vena labialis | internal auditory vein, labyrinthine vein | lacrimal vein, vena lacrimalis | laryngeal vein, vena laryngea | lingual vein, vena lingualis | lumbar vein, vena lumbalis | maxillary vein, vena maxillaris | meningeal veins, venae meningeae | mesenteric vein, vena mesenterica | metacarpal vein, vena metacarpus | metatarsal vein, vena metatarsus | musculophrenic vein, vena musculophrenica | nasofrontal vein, vena nasofrontalis | oblique vein of the left atrium, vena obliqua atrii sinistri | obturator vein, vena obturatoria | occipital vein, vena occipitalis | ophthalmic vein, vena ophthalmica | ovarian vein, vena ovarica | palatine vein, vena palatina | pancreatic vein, venae pancreatica | paraumbilical vein, vena paraumbilicalis | parotid vein | pectoral vein, vena pectoralis | perforating vein, vena perforantis | pericardial vein, vena pericardiaca | fibular vein, peroneal vein, vena peroneus | pharyngeal vein, vena pharyngeus | phrenic vein, vena phrenica | popliteal vein, vena poplitea | hepatic portal vein, portal, portal vein, vena portae | posterior vein of the left ventricle, vena posterior ventriculi sinistri | prepyloric vein, vena pylorica | pudendal vein, venae pudendum | pulmonary vein, vena pulmonalis | radial vein, vena radialis | renal vein, vena renalis | sacral vein, vena sacralis | saphenous vein, vena saphena | scleral veins, venae sclerales | scrotal vein, vena scrotalis | sigmoid vein, vena sigmoideus | spinal vein, vena spinalis | splenic vein, vena lienalis | sternocleidomastoid vein, vena sternocleidomastoidea | stylomastoid vein, vena stylomastoidea | subclavian vein, vena subclavia | sublingual vein, vena sublingualis | supraorbital vein, vena supraorbitalis | supratrochlear vein, vena supratrochlearis | temporal vein, vena temporalis | testicular vein, vena testicularis | thalamostriate vein | thoracoepigastric vein, vena thoracoepigastrica | thoracic vein, vena thoracica | thyroid vein, vena thyroidea | tibial vein, vena tibialis | tracheal vein, vena trachealis | tympanic vein | ulnar vein, vena ulnaris | umbilical vein, vena umbilicalis | uterine vein | varicose vein | vena bulbi penis | vena canaliculi cochleae | vein of penis | vena bulbi vestibuli | vena cava | venae palpebrales | venae interlobulares hepatis | venae renis | vena vertebralis, vertebral vein | vena vesicalis, vesical vein | vena vestibularis, vestibular vein | vena vorticosum, vortex vein, vorticose vein | capillary vein, venula, venule ... show more.

is a part of: cardiovascular system, circulatory system.

derivation: venous.