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

1 sense of vertebral vein

Sense 1
vertebral vein, vena vertebralis -- (a vein that goes through the foramina of the cervical vertebrae and forms a plexus around the vertebral artery; 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")