vertebral vein

1. 1.

   a vein that goes through the foramina of the cervical vertebrae and forms a plexus around the vertebral artery; empties into the brachiocephalic vein

   Synonymsvena vertebralis

   Broadervein

Questions about vertebral vein

What does vertebral vein mean?

vertebral vein means "a vein that goes through the foramina of the cervical vertebrae and forms a plexus around the vertebral artery; empties into the brachiocephalic vein".

What is another word for vertebral vein?

Close synonyms include vena vertebralis. 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 vertebral vein a common word?

vertebral vein 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.