vein

blood vessel that carry deoxygenated blood towards the heart, with the exception of the pulmonary vein
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vein

Summary

vein is an anatomical structure class type[1]. vein draws 1,580 Wikipedia views per month (anatomical_structure_class_type category, ranking #8 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • vein's instance of is recorded as anatomical structure class type[3].
  • vein's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • vein is a type of blood vessel[5].
  • vein is a type of segment of venous tree organ[6].
  • vein is a type of particular anatomical entity[7].
  • vein is part of blood vessel[8].
  • vein's Commons category is recorded as Veins[9].
  • vein is the opposite of artery[10].
  • vein comprises venous valve[11].
  • vein's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Veins[12].
  • vein's described at URL is recorded as https://turkic.elegantlexicon.com/turkforms.php?form=veinvein[13].
  • vein's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14].
  • vein's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • vein's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • vein's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • vein's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[18].
  • vein's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox vein[19].
  • vein's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2289[20].
  • vein's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Vein[21].
  • vein's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Vein[22].
  • vein's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12814[23].
  • vein's different from is recorded as artery[24].
  • vein's studied by is recorded as phlebology[25].
  • vein's connects with is recorded as venule[26].
  • vein's connects with is recorded as heart[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include anatomical structure class type[3] and class of anatomical entity[4]. Recorded subclass of include blood vessel[5], segment of venous tree organ[6], and particular anatomical entity[7]. vein is the opposite of artery[10].

Use and Application

vein comprises venous valve[11]. vein is part of blood vessel[8].

Influence

Things named for vein include venography[28].

Why It Matters

vein draws 1,580 Wikipedia views per month (anatomical_structure_class_type category, ranking #8 of 19).[2] vein has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] vein is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for vein include venography[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template Template:Infobox vein
    Local thumb
    Opposite of artery
    Main wikidata property P2289
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 24269, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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