Vein

C40322
concept

A vein is a blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the body's tissues back toward the heart, typically under lower pressure than arteries and often equipped with valves to prevent backflow.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
vein 2
Blood vessel 1
Vein canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Vein
Generated description
A vein is a blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the body's tissues back toward the heart, typically under lower pressure than arteries and often equipped with valves to prevent backflow.

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
Pulmonary veins
Superior vena cava vein
Inferior vena cava vein