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Definition of Axillary vein
1. Noun. A continuation of the basilic vein and brachial vein that becomes the subclavian vein.
Definition of Axillary vein
1. Noun. (anatomy) : A large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla (armpit) and upper limb toward the heart. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Axillary vein
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Axillary Vein
Literary usage of Axillary vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"There are several points of surgical interest in connection with the axillary vein.
Being more superficial, larger, and slightly overlapping the axillary ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Since the axillary vein is superficial to and larger than the axillary artery,
... To avoid wounding the axillary vein in the extirpation of glands from the ..."
3. A Text Book of Anatomy, and Guide in Dissections: For the Use of Students of by Washington R. Handy (1854)
"The brachial vein at the lower margin of the tendon of the teres major becomes
the axillary vein, which goes in front of the axillary artery, and receives ..."
4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"Clear away the remains of the membrane and follow the cephalic vein to its junction
with the axillary vein, the thoraco-acromial artery to the axillary ..."
5. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"axillary vein.—The trunk of the veins of the arm passes through the axilla, until
it arrives betwixt the first rib and clavicle, under the name of axillaris ..."
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