basivertebral vein

9.7

A small vein inside a vertebra that drains blood into the front part of the spinal vein network

noun
/ˌbeɪsɪˈvɜrtəbrəl veɪn/

Specialized

: vena basivertebral

The basivertebral vein plays an important role in draining blood from the vertebral body.

Examples

Damage to the basivertebral vein can lead to complications after spinal surgery.
In medical imaging, the basivertebral vein may be visible within the vertebral body.
The basivertebral vein plays a crucial role in vertebral drainage.
Many basivertebral veins are located within the vertebral bodies.
Damage to the basivertebral vein can lead to complications after spinal surgery.
In medical imaging, the basivertebral vein may be visible within the vertebral body.
The basivertebral vein plays an important role in draining blood from the vertebral body.

Synonyms

vena basivertebralis

vsbasivertebral vein

Specialized

9.9

A small vein that drains blood from inside a bone in the spine into nearby spinal veins

has identical meaning but uses a Latin anatomical name

Surface Forms

basivertebral vein singular

basivertebral veins plural

Morphology

basivertebral + vein

This is a highly technical anatomical term where one constituent ('basivertebral') is not a common lexical item and the overall sense requires specialist morphological and anatomical knowledge (basi-/vertebral). Although 'vein' is transparent, a B1 learner who only knows ordinary words would not be able to derive the precise meaning from the parts, so the expression is effectively opaque to learners at that level.

Etymology

The noun basivertebral vein gets its name from its parts: basi- meaning 'base' and vertebral meaning 'one of the small bones of the spine'. The vein sits at the base of a vertebra and 'drains blood' from inside the bone, so the name tells you where it is and what it does.