VENA CLITORIDIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Veins that serve the clitoris

Synonyms:

clitoral vein; vena clitoridis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vena clitoridis" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vena clitoridis"):

venae profundae clitoridis (deep veins of the clitoris; join the vesical plexus)

vena dorsalis clitoridis profunda (deep dorsal vein of the clitoris; tributary of the vesical venous plexus)

venae dorsales clitoridis superficiales (superficial dorsal veins of the clitoris; tributaries of the external pudendal vein on either side)