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ax·il·la·ry vein

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. axillary vein, vena axillarisnoun

    a continuation of the basilic vein and brachial vein that becomes the subclavian vein

Wiktionary

  1. axillary veinnoun

    A large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla (armpit) and upper limb toward the heart.

Wikipedia

  1. Axillary vein

    In human anatomy, the axillary vein is a large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla (armpit) and upper limb toward the heart. There is one axillary vein on each side of the body.

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  1. axillary vein

    The axillary vein is a large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla (armpit) and upper limb towards the heart. It is located in the region of the axilla and it continues from the brachial vein at the lower border of the teres major muscle and becomes the subclavian vein at the lateral border of the first rib.

Wikidata

  1. Axillary vein

    In human anatomy, the axillary vein is a large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla and upper limb toward the heart. There is one axillary vein on each side of the body. Its origin is at the lower margin of the teres major muscle and a continuation of the brachial vein. Its tributaries include the basilic vein and cephalic vein, which are both superficial veins. It terminates at the lateral margin of the first rib, at which it becomes the subclavian vein. It is accompanied along its course by a similarly named artery, the axillary artery.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Axillary Vein

    The venous trunk of the upper limb; a continuation of the basilar and brachial veins running from the lower border of the teres major muscle to the outer border of the first rib where it becomes the subclavian vein.

Entomology

  1. Axillary vein

    one or two longitudinal veins toward the inner margin from the anal vein (Ephemeridae); a group of several (10-20) radiate veins that occupy the anal field in Orthoptera.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of axillary vein in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of axillary vein in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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