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Brachiocephalic Veins

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Abstract

Quain found them extending well-up into the neck on the left side. Cooper (1832) and Gruber (1862) found that an innominate vein passed through the thymus gland in about 2% of their subjects. The brachiocephalic vessels may cross over the thymus gland. It is not unusual for these veins to receive cervical and / or accessory cervical veins. It is not extrordinary that bronchial veins may be tributaries of the vv. anonymae (innominate veins). They may pass behind the aorta.

Quain found them extending well-up into the neck on the left side.

Cooper (1832) and Gruber (1862) found that an innominate vein passed through the thymus gland in about 2% of their subjects.

The brachiocephalic vessels may cross over the thymus gland.

It is not unusual for these veins to receive cervical and / or accessory cervical veins.

It is not extrordinary that bronchial veins may be tributaries of the vv. anonymae (innominate veins).

They may pass behind the aorta.

The right and left veins occasionally open into the right atrium separately

Unusual tributaries include the thyroidea ima, internal thoracic, accessory subclavian, and supreme intercostal.

When an accessory vertebral artery is present, it arises from the venous plexus on the vertebral artery, descends through the seven transverse foramina to reach the brachiocephalic vein.

Oblique (of Marshall)

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Thyroidea Ima

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Riferimenti dell’opera originale

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Anatomical classification

Systems:
Cardiovascular system

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Adaptation of «Brachiocephalic Veins — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/Cardiovascular/Text/Veins/Brachiocephalic.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Adaptation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Testo originale inglese riprodotto integralmente e riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti), senza modificarne le affermazioni. La traduzione italiana non è ancora stata eseguita, e la pagina lo dichiara. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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