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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 vein
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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