VENA VERTEBRALIS ANTERIOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena vertebralis anterior mean? 

• VENA VERTEBRALIS ANTERIOR (noun)
  The noun VENA VERTEBRALIS ANTERIOR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VENA VERTEBRALIS ANTERIOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA VERTEBRALIS ANTERIOR (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 ("vena vertebralis anterior" is a kind of...):

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