Thymic veins

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

Vein: Thymic veins
Latin	venae thymicae
Drains to	brachiocephalic vein
Artery	thymic arteries

Thymic veins are veins which drain the thymus.

External links [edit]

This cardiovascular system article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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

anat (a:h/u/t/a/l,v:h/u/t/a/l)/phys/devp/cell/prot

noco/syva/cong/lyvd/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (C2s+n/3/4/5/7/8/9)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thymic_veins&oldid=277278047"