venous
Of deoxygenated pathways
Venous means relating to veins, the blood vessels that carry blood back toward the heart.
Medical contexts distinguish venous blood (oxygen-depleted, darker) from arterial blood: venous return, venous pressure, deep venous thrombosis.
The word appears almost exclusively in technical or clinical settings.
Fluid flow controller
- venuleTiny blood vessel
- saphenousOf a leg vein
- jugularMain neck blood vessel
- subclavianBeneath the collarbone
vena cava · cephalic · femoral · popliteal · portal · hepatic · renal · iliac
Body's oxygen carrier
- deoxygenatedWithout oxygen present
- returnGo back again
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- pressureForce upon contact
perfusion · capillaries · heart · right atrium · pulmonary · valves · backflow · stasis
Clot forming in vessel
- phlebitisInflamed vein condition
- embolismObstruction in blood vessel
- sclerotherapyInjection to collapse vessels
- anticoagulantsClot-preventing medications
valve
Fluid flow controller
subclavian · vena cava · cephalic · femoral · popliteal · portal · hepatic · renal · iliac · brachial
blood
Body's oxygen carrier
- deoxygenatedWithout oxygen present
- returnGo back again
- flowUnbroken forward movement
pressure · perfusion · capillaries · heart · right atrium · pulmonary · valves · backflow · stasis · pooling
thrombosis
Clot forming in vessel
- phlebitisInflamed vein condition
- embolismObstruction in blood vessel
- sclerotherapyInjection to collapse vessels
anticoagulants · thrombectomy · phlebotomy · lymphedema · edema
IV
Vein-delivered medication method
catheter · line · port · injection · access · puncture · phlebotomist · blood draw · fluids · medication
blue
Primary color; also sad
- bluishFaintly sky-toned
- darkAbsence of light
- deoxygenatedWithout oxygen present
purple · visible · prominent · surface · mapping · pattern · marbling · translucent · skin · complexion
- blood/circulationartery, blood, heart, pulse, capillary
- Circulatory Systemheart rate, blood, artery, capillary, arteries
- tissuesadipose, neural tissue, cardiac tissue, fibrous tissue, bone
- anatomy termsanterior, posterior, dorsal, ventral, medial
- circulationblood, circulation, arteries, bloodstream, cardiac
- Dialysisdialysis, hemodialysis, dialyzer, dialysate, dialysis machine