vena sternocleidomastoidea

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   drains the sternocleidomastoid muscle; empties into the internal jugular vein

   Synonymssternocleidomastoid vein

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Questions about vena sternocleidomastoidea

What does vena sternocleidomastoidea mean?

vena sternocleidomastoidea means "drains the sternocleidomastoid muscle; empties into the internal jugular vein".

What is another word for vena sternocleidomastoidea?

Close synonyms include sternocleidomastoid 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 sternocleidomastoidea a common word?

vena sternocleidomastoidea 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.