Suprascapular vein

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Vein: Suprascapular vein

Thyrocervical trunk with branches, including suprascapular artery (image is of artery, not vein. However, vein is in similar location)

The veins of the neck, viewed from in front (suprascapular vein not labeled, but region is visible)
Latin	Vena suprascapularis
Drains to	External jugular vein
Artery	Suprascapular artery

The suprascapular vein is a vein running above the scapula. It empties into the external jugular vein.

External links [edit]

http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/nervous_system/postneck_ans.html

Veins (emissary, jugular and others) of head and neck (drainage patterns can vary) (TA A12.3.04–06, GA 7.644)

External jugular

Retromandibular	maxillary (pterygoid plexus) · superficial temporal (anterior auricular)

Direct	posterior auricular transverse cervical · suprascapular · anterior jugular (jugular venous arch)

Internal jugular

Superficial cerebral veins: superior · superficial middle · inferior · inferior anastomotic (Labbé) · superior anastomotic (Trolard)

Deep cerebral veins: great · internal (basal, deep middle, superior thalamostriate)

superior · inferior

To COS	superior sagittal · straight (inferior sagittal) · occipital

To CS	sphenoparietal · intercavernous superior ophthalmic (ethmoidal, central retinal, nasofrontal, vorticose veins) · inferior ophthalmic

To IJV	sigmoid: transverse (petrosquamous) · superior petrosal inferior petrosal (basilar plexus, internal auditory veins) · condylar

Facial/common facial

frontal · supraorbital · angular · superior labial · inferior labial · deep facial

Direct

lingual (dorsal lingual, deep lingual, sublingual) · pharyngeal · superior thyroid (superior laryngeal) · middle thyroid

Brachiocephalic

Vertebral	occipital (occipital emissary) · suboccipital venous plexus deep cervical

Direct	inferior thyroid (inferior laryngeal) · thymic

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