anterior vertebral vein
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Related to anterior vertebral vein: anterior jugular vein, deep cervical vein, vertebral artery, anterior internal vertebral venous plexus
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| Noun | 1. |  anterior vertebral vein - a vein that accompanies the ascending cervical artery and opens into the vertebral veinvein, 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" |
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