Preferred Label : vertebral vein;
Uberon definition : The vertebral vein is formed in the suboccipital triangle, from numerous small tributaries
which spring from the internal vertebral venous plexuses and issue from the vertebral
canal above the posterior arch of the atlas. They unite with small veins from the
deep muscles at the upper part of the back of the neck, and form a vessel which enters
the foramen in the transverse process of the atlas, and descends, forming a dense
plexus around the vertebral artery, in the canal formed by the foramina transversaria
of the cervical vertebrae. This plexus ends in a single trunk, which emerges from
the foramen transversarium of the sixth cervical vertebra, and opens at the root of
the neck into the back part of the innominate vein near its origin, its mouth being
guarded by a pair of valves. On the right side, it crosses the first part of the subclavian
artery. [WP,unvetted].;
Origin ID : 0001588;
UMLS CUI : C0226560;
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Uberon cross reference
drains
The vertebral vein is formed in the suboccipital triangle, from numerous small tributaries
which spring from the internal vertebral venous plexuses and issue from the vertebral
canal above the posterior arch of the atlas. They unite with small veins from the
deep muscles at the upper part of the back of the neck, and form a vessel which enters
the foramen in the transverse process of the atlas, and descends, forming a dense
plexus around the vertebral artery, in the canal formed by the foramina transversaria
of the cervical vertebrae. This plexus ends in a single trunk, which emerges from
the foramen transversarium of the sixth cervical vertebra, and opens at the root of
the neck into the back part of the innominate vein near its origin, its mouth being
guarded by a pair of valves. On the right side, it crosses the first part of the subclavian
artery. [WP,unvetted].