Assertion: cephalic vein | /r/CapableOf | use for puncture
Facets:
value: usually
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Our results show that the risk of damaging a nerve when accidentally puncturing the posterior wall of a vein on the lateral or dorsal aspects of the wrist is constant: the cephalic vein (sometimes the dorsal vein of the thumb at its terminal end), usually used for punctures, always crosses over the sensory branch of the radial nerve or one of its two main branches.