Definition of Accompanying vein

1. Noun. A vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return.

Exact synonyms: Vena Comitans
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel

Medical Definition of Accompanying vein

1. A vein accompanying another structure. Synonym: accompanying vein, companion vein. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accompanying Vein

accomodation
accomodator
accompagnato
accompagnatos
accompanable
accompanied
accompanier
accompaniers
accompanies
accompaniment
accompaniments
accompanist
accompanists
accompany
accompanying
accompanying vein (current term)
accompanying vein of hypoglossal nerve
accompanyings
accompanyist
accompanyists
accompletive
accomplice
accomplices
accompliceship
accomplicity
accomplish
accomplishable
accomplished
accomplished fact
accomplisher

Literary usage of Accompanying vein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomical Names: Especially the Basle Nomina Anatomica ("BNA") by Albert Chauncey Eycleshymer, Daniel Martin Schoemaker, Roy Lee Moodie, Wilhelm His (1917)
"... accompanying vein = comitantes a. cruralis—77:71 = comitantes a. ... n. hypoglossi—75:9 = accompanying vein of hypoglossal nerve = communes ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1841)
"At the second minute the blood in the artery was nearly as dark as in the accompanying vein, but, from the struggles of the animal, it was impossible to ..."

3. The American Medical Intelligencer by Robley Dunglison (1842)
"At the second minute, the blood in the artery was nearly as dark as in the accompanying vein, but, from the struggles of the animal, it was impossible to ..."

4. The Science and art of surgery: Being a Treatise on Surgical Injuries by Sir John Eric Erichsen (1864)
"... and the next step of the operation, which consists in exposing the artery and separating it from its accompanying vein, is one of great delicacy. ..."

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