Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anterior_vertebral_vein

1 sense of anterior vertebral vein

Sense 1
anterior vertebral vein, vena vertebralis anterior -- (a vein that accompanies the ascending cervical artery and opens into the vertebral vein)
       => vein, vena, venous blood vessel -- (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood")