vena vertebralis accessoria

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vena vertebralis accessoria - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vena vertebralis accessoria
      n 1: a vein that accompanies the vertebral vein but passes
           through the foramen of the transverse process of the 7th
           cervical vertebra and empties into the brachiocephalic vein
           [syn: accessory vertebral vein, vena vertebralis accessoria
           ]