vena vertebralis accessoria

1. 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

   Synonymsaccessory vertebral vein

   Broadervein

Questions about vena vertebralis accessoria

What does vena vertebralis accessoria mean?

vena vertebralis accessoria means "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".

What is another word for vena vertebralis accessoria?

Close synonyms include accessory vertebral 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 vertebralis accessoria a common word?

vena vertebralis accessoria 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.