laryngeal vein

Thân thiện

The surgeon carefully identifies the laryngeal vein during the procedure.

Definition

Noun 1. A blood vessel carrying deoxygenated blood away from the larynx: The laryngeal vein is one of two veins responsible for draining blood from the tissues of the larynx (voice box).

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The surgeon carefully avoided the laryngeal vein during the procedure.
  • Bleeding from a damaged laryngeal vein can complicate laryngeal surgery.

Advanced Usage

• Anatomical Context: The term is almost exclusively used in medical, anatomical, or surgical contexts. It is typically specified as the superior laryngeal vein (draining the upper part and accompanying the superior laryngeal artery) or the inferior laryngeal vein (draining the lower part and accompanying the inferior laryngeal artery).

Variants and Related Words

• Superior laryngeal vein (n): The vein that drains the upper part of the larynx.
• Inferior laryngeal vein (n): The vein that drains the lower part of the larynx.
• Laryngeal artery (n): The artery that supplies oxygenated blood the larynx.

Synonyms

• There are no common everyday synonyms. In technical anatomical language, it may be referred to simply as a laryngeal vessel when specifying a vein, or more precisely as the vena laryngea (using Latin terminology).

Học thuật

Noun

1. one of two veins draining the larynx

Từ đồng nghĩa

• vena laryngea