vena maxillaris

1. 1.

   posterior continuation of the pterygoid plexus; joins the superficial temporal vein to form the retromandibular vein

   Synonymsmaxillary vein

   Broadervein

Questions about vena maxillaris

What does vena maxillaris mean?

vena maxillaris means "posterior continuation of the pterygoid plexus; joins the superficial temporal vein to form the retromandibular vein".

What is another word for vena maxillaris?

Close synonyms include maxillary vein. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vena maxillaris a common word?

vena maxillaris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.