Pericardiacophrenic veins

Pericardiacophrenic veins are the vena comitans of the pericardiacophrenic arteries. Pericardiacophrenic vessels accompany the phrenic nerve in the Middle Mediastinum of the Thorax. The artery is a branch of the internal thoracic artery. The vein drains into the internal thoracic(or brachiocephalic)vein.[1]

Pericardiacophrenic veins
The thoracic aorta, viewed from the left side. (Pericardiacophrenic veins not labeled, but pericardiacophrenic artery labeled at center left.)
Details
Drains tobrachiocephalic vein
Arterypericardiacophrenic artery
Identifiers
Latinvenae pericardiacophrenicae
TAA12.3.04.007
FMA70830
Anatomical terminology

References
  1. Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F. (17 June 1999). "Clinically Oriented Anatomy". Lippincott Williams & Wilkins – via Google Books.


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