Lexic.us

Definition of Deep cervical vein

1. Noun. A vein that accompanies an artery of the same name.

Medical Definition of Deep cervical vein

1. Large vein running with the artery of the same name between the semispinalis capitis and semispinalis cervicis draining the deep muscles at the back of the neck and emptying into the brachiocephalic or the vertebral vein. Synonym: vena cervicalis profunda. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deep Cervical Vein

Literary usage of Deep cervical 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 deep cervical vein (v. cervicalis profunda; posterior vertebral or posterior deep cervical vein) accompanies its artery between the ..."

2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"... CERVICAL The deep cervical vein (v. ... posterior vertebral or posterior deep cervical vein) accompanies its artery between the ..."

3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1914)
"It has been already noticed in the dissection of the back of the neck (p. 173). The deep cervical vein is a large vessel. It joins the vertebral vein. ..."

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