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Definition of Anterior vertebral vein
1. Noun. A vein that accompanies the ascending cervical artery and opens into the vertebral vein.
Medical Definition of Anterior vertebral vein
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anterior Vertebral Vein
Literary usage of Anterior vertebral vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The anterior vertebral vein commences in a plexus around the transverse processes
of the upper cervical vertebra, descends in company with the ascending ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The anterior vertebral vein commences in a plexus around the transverse processes
of the upper cervical vertebrae, descends in company with the ascending ..."
3. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"(c) The anterior deep cervical or anterior vertebral vein, a vessel which is
formed by the union of tributaries which issue from a venous plexus which lies ..."
4. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"The anterior vertebral vein is located in the cervical region and collects the
blood from the brain and the inner part of the head. ..."
5. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"The anterior vertebral vein' commences in a plexus in front of the cervical
vertebrae, descends in company of the ascending cervical artery, ..."
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