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ACCESSORY VERTEBRAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accessory vertebral vein mean? 

ACCESSORY VERTEBRAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun ACCESSORY VERTEBRAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. a vein that accompanies the vertebral vein but passes through the foramen of the transverse process of the 7th cervical vertebra and empties into the brachiocephalic veinplay

  Familiarity information: ACCESSORY VERTEBRAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACCESSORY VERTEBRAL VEIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein that accompanies the vertebral vein but passes through the foramen of the transverse process of the 7th cervical vertebra and empties into the brachiocephalic vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

accessory vertebral vein; vena vertebralis accessoria

Hypernyms ("accessory vertebral vein" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)


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