Tracheal Vein (Noun)
Meaning
Several small veins from the trachea.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The inferior thyroid vein typically receives several small veins from the trachea that ultimately form the tracheal vein.
- A few small tracheal veins emerge from the lateral walls of the trachea to form this group of vessels.
- Blood from the trachea flows through a tracheal vein and ultimately joins the thyroid vein and innominate vein.
- Some texts suggest the formation of small tracheal veins within the neck area draining directly to larger neck veins.
- An additional series of smaller vessels - known as the tracheal veins - often develops near this juncture from branches extending directly from the tracheal surface.