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cephalic vein
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | cephalic vein - a large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary veinvena cephalicavein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"arm - a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb |
cephalic vein
cephalic vein[sə′fal·ik ′vān] (anatomy) A superficial vein located on the lateral side of the arm which drains blood from the radial side of the hand and forearm into the axillary vein. cephalic vein
ce·phal·ic vein [TA] subcutaneous vein that arises at the radial border of the dorsal venous network of the hand, passes upward anterior to the elbow and along the lateral side of the arm; it empties into the upper part of the axillary vein. Synonym(s): vena cephalica [TA]ce·phal·ic vein (sĕ-fal'ik vān) [TA] Arises at the radial border of the dorsal venous rete of the hand, passes upward in front of the elbow and along the lateral side of the arm; it empties into the upper part of the axillary vein. cephalic vein
Related to cephalic vein: brachial vein, axillary vein, basilic veinSynonyms for cephalic veinnoun a large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary veinSynonymsRelated Words- vein
- vena
- venous blood vessel
- arm
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