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ANTERIOR VERTEBRAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anterior vertebral vein mean? 

ANTERIOR VERTEBRAL VEIN (noun)
  The noun ANTERIOR VERTEBRAL VEIN has 1 sense:

1. a vein that accompanies the ascending cervical artery and opens into the vertebral veinplay

  Familiarity information: ANTERIOR VERTEBRAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANTERIOR VERTEBRAL VEIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein that accompanies the ascending cervical artery and opens into the vertebral vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

anterior vertebral vein; vena vertebralis anterior

Hypernyms ("anterior vertebral vein" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)


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