Accompanying vein

An accompanying vein (Latin: Vena comitans , plural Venae comitantes ) is a blood vein ( vein ) that runs parallel to its arterial counterpart. Most body veins are accompanying veins and therefore have the same name affix as the artery that accompanies them. Occasionally, an artery on the limb is also flanked by two accompanying veins. The large body veins ( hollow veins , vena azygos ) and additional drainage veins on the limbs ( vena cephalica , vena saphena lateralis ), on the other hand, do not have parallel arteries, so they are not to be considered as accompanying veins.

literature

• U. Gille: Cardiovascular and immune system, Angiologia. In: F.-V. Salomon et al. (Ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine. 2nd Edition. Enke-Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8304-1075-1 , pp. 404-463.