Tags: Anatomical Structure.

In the circulatory system veins (from the Latin vena) are blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart. Most veins carry deoxygenated blood from the tissues back to the heart; exceptions are the pulmonary and umbilical veins both of which carry oxygenated blood to the heart.

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