Uber Anatomy Ontology

Last uploaded: March 22, 2024
Preferred Name

vertebral vein

Synonyms

vena vertebralis

Definitions

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].

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001588

connected to

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003711

database_cross_reference

Wikipedia:Vertebral_vein

UMLS:C0226560

AAO:0010509

NCIT:C53145

SCTID:303961000

EMAPA:36271

FMA:4727

MA:0002262

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].

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Gray563.png

drains

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002240

external_definition

Vein which collects blood from the muscles of the neck and drains into the internal jugular.[AAO]

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_related_synonym

vena vertebralis

id

UBERON:0001588

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim

label

vertebral vein

notation

UBERON:0001588

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002577

prefLabel

vertebral vein

present_in_taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002577

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001638

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