Definition of Vena cervicalis profunda

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

Exact synonyms: Cervical Vein, Deep Cervical Vein
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel

Medical Definition of Vena cervicalis profunda

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 Vena Cervicalis Profunda

vena caval foramen
vena centrales retinae
vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis
vena centralis retinae
vena cephalica
vena cephalica accessoria
vena cerebellum
vena cerebri
vena cerebri anterior
vena cerebri magna
vena cerebri media
vena cerebri media profunda
vena cerebri media superficialis
vena cerebrum internus
vena cerebrum superior
vena cervicalis profunda (current term)
vena choroidea
vena choroidea inferior
vena choroidea superior
vena circumflexa
vena circumflexa iliaca profunda
vena circumflexa iliaca superficialis
vena circumflexa ilium
vena circumflexus femoris
vena clitoridis
vena colica
vena colica dextra
vena colica media
vena colica sinistra
vena comitans

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