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Noun: accessory vertebral vein
  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
    - vena vertebralis accessoria

Derived forms: accessory vertebral veins

Type of: vein, vena, venous blood vessel