venous

IPA: vˈinʌs

adjective

  • (relational) Of or pertaining to veins.
  • (relational, of blood) Having passed through the capillaries and given up oxygen for the tissues and become charged with carbon dioxide.
  • Possessing veins.
  • Having numerous veins.
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Examples of "venous" in Sentences

  • Most of it goes back into the venous blood in the venules.
  • Venous return is the rate of blood flow back to the heart.
  • It provides venous drainage for the contents of the skull.
  • The heat in the arterial blood transfers to the venous blood.
  • Portal venous pressure is the blood pressure in the portal vein.
  • The flow within the draining vein or venous sinus is anterograde.
  • The venous blood picks up oxygen for distribution throughout the body.
  • The heart acts to pump blood through arteries and uptake the venous blood.
  • Lower was the first to observe the difference in arterial and venous blood.
  • Venous pressure is the vascular pressure in a vein or in the atria of the heart.

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