| accessory vertebral vein | (n) a vein that accompanies the vertebral vein but passes through the foramen of the transverse process of the 7th cervical vertebra and empties into the brachiocephalic vein, Syn. vena vertebralis accessoria |
| anterior vertebral vein | (n) a vein that accompanies the ascending cervical artery and opens into the vertebral vein, Syn. vena vertebralis anterior |
| vertebral vein | (n) a vein that goes through the foramina of the cervical vertebrae and forms a plexus around the vertebral artery; empties into the brachiocephalic vein, Syn. vena vertebralis |