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Definition of Radial vein

1. Noun. Superficial veins ascending the radial side of the forearm; combines with the ulnar veins to form the brachial vein.

Definition of Radial vein

1. Noun. (anatomy) Any of a group of veins on the radial side of the forearm ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Radial Vein

Literary usage of Radial vein

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

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The outer plexus is formed by veins from the thumb, the index finger, and radial side of the middle finger; from it the radial vein is derived. ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"The radial vein (v. radialis) (Figs. 510 and 511) commences upon the dorsal ... The radial vein soon forms a large vessel, which ascends along the radial ..."

3. Practical Anatomy of the Rabbit: An Elementary Laboratory Textbook in by Benjamin Arthur Bensley (1910)
"The radial vein anastomoses with the radial portion of the cephalic at a point distal to the middle of the forearm. The cephalic vein (v. cephalica) is a ..."

4. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1886)
"... cylindrical, small at base, truncate at tip, somewhat serrate: i winged form) radial area quite narrow, with the radial vein barely reaching ..."

5. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"The arch lies opposite the lower parts of the shafts of the lour inner meu- carpal bones, and terminates at ite radial end in the superficial radial vein, ..."

6. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1869)
"... but the second transverse vein extends along the margin of the wing one third of the length of the area and the radial vein is thickened at the margin ..."

7. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1869)
"... distinct, radial area open, but the second transverse vein extends along the margin of the wing one third of the length of the area and the radial vein, ..."

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