English noun: accessory vertebral vein | |||
1. | accessory vertebral vein (body) 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 | ||
Synonyms | vena vertebralis accessoria | ||
Broader (hypernym) | vein, vena, venous blood vessel | ||