Median antebrachial vein

Median antebrachial vein
A prominent median antebrachial vein.
Superficial veins of the upper limb. (Median antebrachial vein—spelled with an "i"—labeled at bottom right.)
Details
SourcePalmar venous plexus
Drains toBasilic vein, median cubital vein
Identifiers
Latinv. mediana antebrachii,
v. intermedia antebrachii
TA98A12.3.08.020
TA24981
FMA22967
Anatomical terminology

The median antebrachial vein, also known as median vein of forearm, is a superficial vein of the (anterior) forearm. It arises from - and drains - the superficial palmar venous arch, ascending superficially along the anterior forearm before ending by opening into the median cubital vein near the junction with the basilic vein within the cubital fossa; alternately, it may fork distal to the elbow and proceed to drain into both aforementioned veins.[1] A bifurcation of the median antebrachial vein produces the (medial) intermediate basilic vein[2] and the (lateral) intermediate cephalic vein;[3] the two veins produced by such a split may replace the median cubital vein.[4][2][3]

References

  1. ^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 951. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b "vena intermedia basilica". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  3. ^ a b "vena intermedia cephalica". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  4. ^ Pires, L.; Ráfare, A. L.; Peixoto, B. U.; Pereira, T. O. J. S.; Pinheiro, D. M. M.; Siqueira, M. E. B.; Vaqueiro, R. D.; de Paula, R. C.; Babinski, M. A.; Chagas, C. A. A. (2018-06-01). "The venous patterns of the cubital fossa in subjects from Brazil". Morphologie. 102 (337): 78–82. doi:10.1016/j.morpho.2018.02.001. ISSN 1286-0115. PMID 29625795. S2CID 4662703.


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