Definition of Pericardial vein

1. Noun. Several small veins from the pericardium.

Exact synonyms: Vena Pericardiaca
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pericardial Vein

pericardial branch of thoracic aorta
pericardial cavity
pericardial cyst
pericardial decompression
pericardial effusion
pericardial fremitus
pericardial friction sound
pericardial knock
pericardial murmur
pericardial reflex
pericardial rub
pericardial sac
pericardial space
pericardial tamponade
pericardial tap
pericardial vein (current term)
pericardial veins
pericardial villi
pericardial window techniques
pericardially
pericardian
pericardic
pericardicentesis
pericardiectomy
pericardii
pericardiocentesis
pericardioperitoneal
pericardioperitoneal canal
pericardiophrenic
pericardiopleural

Literary usage of Pericardial vein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"The coronary vein receives a small pericardial vein, -which descends along the back of the left auricle, before it terminates with the inferior cava, ..."

2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"The coronary vein receives a small pericardial vein, which descends along the back of the left auricle, before it terminates with the inferior cava, ..."

3. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1897)
"... well nourished, was pithed, and a cannula inserted in the ventricle, the septum being divided and the pericardial vein tied. The cannula was tied in, ..."

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