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

1 sense of vena cephalica accessoria

Sense 1
accessory cephalic vein, vena cephalica accessoria -- (a vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbow)
       => 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")