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Definition of Pectoral vein
1. Noun. Veins that drain the pectoral muscles and empty into the subclavian vein.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectoral Vein
Literary usage of Pectoral vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Course of Instruction in Zootomy (vertebrata.) by Thomas Jeffery Parker (1906)
"The systemic veins may be injected from the pectoral vein, but better results are
... pectoral vein should first be tied or clamped with bull-dog forceps. ..."
2. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"... pc. left pectoral arteries and veins; pc.a. right pectoral artery ; pc.v.
right pectoral vein ; pma posterior mesenteric artery; ..."
3. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"PI», left ventricle; pc, left pectoral arteries and veins- pc.a, right pectoral
artery; pc.v, right pectoral vein ; pma, posterior mesenteric artery; pic, ..."
4. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"The pectoral vein receives at its proximal end the internal mammary vein, which
lies alongside the mammary artery on the inner surface of the ribs. ..."
5. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"... comes from the wing; the right pectoral, which comes from the pectoral muscles;
and the right jugular vein, which comes from the head. The pectoral vein ..."
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