Definition of "brachiocephalic" []

• Of or involving the arm and the head. (adjective)

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• "Type C (least common): The disconnection is after the innominate artery (sometimes called the brachiocephalic artery)."
• "The Veins of the Thorax (Fig. 577) The innominate veins (vv. anonymæ; brachiocephalic veins) are two large trunks, placed one on either side of the root of the neck, and formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veins of the corresponding side; they are devoid of valves."
• "He showed that it represented the conflict of the brachiocephalic culture of the Wendic races with the dolichocephalic culture of the Alpine stock."