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Dr. Raymond Little is the founder and CEO of The Vein Institute & MediSpa in Northern Houston. The medical center specializes on vascular medicine and utilizes the necessary technology and knowledge for patients to have the highest possible quality of medical service.
The vein, an important component of vascular medicine, is more than just a large web of bimolecular threads in the body. It functions as the main conduit for the blood and one of the lifelines for every living organism. Generally, it is classified into five categories:
Superficial vein
Found close to the surface of the body, superficial veins are important for cooling the body. When the body is very warm, they jolt blood from the deep veins, facilitating heat transfer to their surroundings.
Dr. Raymond Little received his medical degree from Boston University and completed a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
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Deep vein
Deep veins carry the vast majority of the blood and are almost always beside an artery with the same name (e.g., the femoral vein is beside the femoral artery).
Communicating vein
Also known as perforator veins, communicating veins directly connect superficial veins to deep veins and have valves that only allow blood to flow between these blood vessels.
Pulmonary vein
Carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart, pulmonary veins are unusual because almost all other veins carry deoxygenated blood.
Systemic vein
Systemic veins are blood vessels that drain deoxygenated blood from most of the body, as opposed to pulmonary veins.
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