Pulmonary vein drain into the pulmonary circulation in whole or in part, this is known as a total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (or drainage), or partial anomalous pulmonary connection, respectively. Pulmonary vein The pulmonary veins are the veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. The largest pulmonary veins are the four "main pulmonary veins", two from each lung that drain into the left atrium of the heart. The pulmonary veins are part of the pulmonary circulation. Two main pulmonary veins emerge from each lung hilum, receiving blood from three or four bronchial veins apiece and draining into the
Tapping the Vein (comics) Tapping the Vein (comics) Tapping the Vein is a comic series of Clive Barker's short stories from "The Books of Blood" published by Eclipse Comics between 1989 and 1992. Eclipse Books would continue to adapt various Clive Barker short stories in the early 1990s after the "Tapping the Vein" series came to an end. These include the following: (A single volume featuring just "Dread" was also published) (A single volume featuring just "Revelations" was also published) Advertised, but never published was an adaption of "The Age of Desire" by P. Craig Russell and Tim Bradstreet, from "The Books of Blood