Superior phrenic vein
Superior phrenic vein | |
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Details | |
Drains from | Thoracic diaphragm |
Drains to | Azygos vein hemiazygos vein |
Artery | Superior phrenic artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | vena phrenica superior |
TA98 | A12.3.07.010 |
TA2 | 4755, 4769 |
FMA | 70888 |
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] |
The superior phrenic vein, i.e., the vein accompanying the pericardiacophrenic artery, usually opens into the azygos vein.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 666 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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Veins of the thorax and vertebral column
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superior vena cava |
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