innominate

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The inferior thyroid veins which drop their blood into the innominate are obstructed by valves at their junction.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various

Dr. Peixotto of Portugal applied a precautionary ligature to the innominate in a case where secondary hæmorrhage occurred from the carotid.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

The branches for the head, neck and upper limbs arise as three large arteries from the transverse part of the aorta; they are named innominate, left common carotid and left subclavian.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

In like manner, the inferior thyroid veins, whose blood flows into the innominate, are obstructed by valves at the point of junction.

From Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution by Morris, Charles

Make out the external jugular, the innominate, and its two branches, and the pulmo-cutaneous and vena cava superior.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)