Vena Brachialis (Noun)
Meaning
Two veins in either arm that accompany the brachial artery and empty into the axillary vein.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The vena brachialis is a pair of deep veins in the upper limb that drain deoxygenated blood from the arm into the axillary vein.
- In the human arm, two vena brachialis accompany the brachial artery but not the entire length, as they begin to merge and become the axillary vein before the arm meets the shoulder.
- The vena brachialis are two deep veins in the arm where blood from the radial and ulnar veins are channeled before they eventually empty into the axillary vein.
- Three main nerves cross over the vena brachialis as they travel to become the axillary vein in the armpit region.
- Anatomically, one main function of the vena brachialis is serving to allow blood to travel from the arm into the vena axillaris, otherwise known as the axillary vein.