Biology:Superior thyroid vein
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| Superior thyroid vein | |
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 The veins of the thyroid gland | |
 Veins | |
| Details | |
| Drains to | Internal jugular vein |
| Artery | Superior thyroid artery |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Vena thyreoidea superior |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The superior thyroid vein is the vena comitans of the superior thyroid artery.[1] It is formed by the union of deep and superficial tributaries[1] that correspond to the arterial branches of the superior thyroid artery.[2] Its tributaries are the superior laryngeal vein, and the cricothyroid veins[clarification needed]. The vein empties into either the internal jugular vein, or the facial vein.[1]
Additional images
The venae cavae and azygos veins with their tributaries.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. pp. 593. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1201341621.
- ↑ Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). pp. 649. https://archive.org/details/anatomyofhumanbo1918gray/page/649/mode/2up?view=theater.
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