HyperDic: accessory_vertebral_vein

English > 1 sense of the expression *accessory vertebral vein*:
NOUN	body	accessory vertebral vein, vena vertebralis accessoria	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

English > *accessory vertebral vein*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
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.
Synonym	vena vertebralis accessoria
Broader	vein, vena, venous blood vessel	A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
Spanish	vena vertebral accesoria