Superior thyroid vein

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.

Superior thyroid vein
The veins of the thyroid gland
Veins
Details
Drains toInternal jugular vein
ArterySuperior thyroid artery
Identifiers
LatinVena thyreoidea superior
TA98A12.3.05.014
TA24812
FMA14323
Anatomical terminology

It receives the superior laryngeal and cricothyroid veins.

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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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