|
|
Definition of Occipital vein
1. Noun. A vein that drains the occipital region.
Medical Definition of Occipital vein
1.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Occipital Vein
Literary usage of Occipital vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The occipital is the largest of all, and opens either externally into the occipital
vein, or internally into the torcular ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"... almost always present, runs through the mastoid foramen and connects the
lateral sinus with the posterior auricular or with the occipital vein. ..."
3. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"The occipital vein corresponds, in every respect, to its fellow artery. It offers
two roots : an anterior, which originates at the posterior extremity of ..."
Other Resources:
