HyperDic: vertebral_vein

English > 1 sense of the expression vertebral vein:
NOUNbodyvertebral vein, vena vertebralisa vein that goes through the foramina of the cervical vertebrae and forms a plexus around the vertebral artery
English > vertebral vein: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA vein that goes through the foramina of the cervical vertebrae and forms a plexus around the vertebral artery; empties into the brachiocephalic vein.
Synonymvena vertebralis
Broadervein, vena, venous blood vesselA blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
Spanishvena vertebralis, vena vertebral
Catalanvena vertebralis, vena vertebral

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