Superior phrenic vein

The superior phrenic vein, i.e., the vein accompanying the pericardiacophrenic artery, usually opens into the azygos vein.

Superior phrenic vein
Details
Drains fromThoracic diaphragm
Drains toAzygos vein
hemiazygos vein
ArterySuperior phrenic artery
Identifiers
LatinVena phrenica superior
TAA12.3.07.010
FMA70888
Anatomical terminology

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 666 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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