NOUN
- a vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return
How To Use vena comitans In A Sentence
- Below the mandible it receives the submental, palatine, and submaxillary veins, and, generally, the vena comitans of the hypoglossal nerve. VII. The Veins. 3b. The Veins of the Head and Neck
- The vena comitans of the hypoglossal nerve (ranine vein), a branch of considerable size, begins below the tip of the tongue, and may join the lingual; generally, however, it passes backward on the Hyoglossus, and joins the common facial. VII. The Veins. 3b. 2. The Veins of the Neck
