Superior thyroid vein

Superior thyroid vein
	The veins of the thyroid gland
	Veins
Details
Drains to	Internal jugular vein
Artery	Superior thyroid artery
Identifiers
Latin	Vena thyreoidea superior
TA98	A12.3.05.014
TA2	4812
FMA	14323
	Anatomical terminology

The superior thyroid vein begins in the substance and on the surface of the thyroid gland, by tributaries corresponding with the branches of the superior thyroid artery, and ends in the upper part of the internal jugular vein.

It receives the superior laryngeal and cricothyroid veins.

Additional images

The venae cavae and azygos veins with their tributaries.
The thymus of a full-time fetus.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 649 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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