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

1 sense of vena vertebralis accessoria

Sense 1
accessory vertebral vein, vena vertebralis accessoria -- (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)
       => 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")