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Vertebral vein

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This plexus ends in a single trunk, which emerges from the transverse foramina of the sixth cervical vertebra, and opens at the root of the neck into the back part of the
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Knowledge (XXG) articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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They unite with small veins from the deep muscles at the upper part of the back of the
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Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra.
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The vertebral vein. (Vertebral labeled at upper left and center right.)
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near its origin, its mouth being guarded by a pair of valves.
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On the right side, it crosses the first part of the
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Deep cervical vein
Brachiocephalic vein
Artery
Vertebral artery
Latin
TA98
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TA2
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FMA
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Anatomical terminology
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suboccipital triangle
internal vertebral venous plexuses
vertebral canal
atlas
neck
vertebral artery
cervical vertebrae
innominate vein
subclavian artery

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