vena nutriens
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vena nutricia — [TA] nutrient vein: a vein that drains blood from a bone, accompanying the nutrient artery and emerging through the nutrient foramen. Called also v. nutriens [TA alternative] … Medical dictionary
Nutrient artery — Latin a. nutricia, a. nutriens Gray s subject #18 88 The medullary or nutrient artery, usually accompanied by one or two veins, sends branches upward and downward to the bone marrow, which ramify in the medullary membrane, and give twigs to the… … Wikipedia
