Definition of Intervertebral vein
1. Noun. One of several veins accompanying spinal nerves.
Medical Definition of Intervertebral vein
1.
One of numerous veins accompanying the spinal nerves through the intervertebral foramina, draining spinal cord and vertebral venous plexuses, and emptying in the neck into the vertebral vein, in the thorax into the intercostal veins, in the lumbar and sacral regions into the lumbar and sacral veins.
Synonym: vena intervertebralis.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intervertebral Vein
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