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brachiocephalic vein

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The left and right brachiocephalic veins in the upper chest are formed by the union of each corresponding internal jugular vein and subclavian vein. This is at the level of the sternoclavicular joint. These great vessels merge to form the superior vena cava. The brachiocephalic veins are the major veins returning blood to the superior vena cava. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiocephalic_vein ]

Synonyms: innominate vein, brachiocephalic venous tree

Term info

database cross reference
  • FMA:4723
  • GAID:529
  • MESH:D016121
  • galen:BrachiocephalicVein
  • UMLS:C0006095 (ncithesaurus:Innominate_Vein)
  • EHDAA:9868
  • Wikipedia:Brachiocephalic_vein
  • EHDAA2:0000182
  • SCTID:181371003
  • NCIT:C32816
Subsets

human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Gray1174.png

has related synonym

innominate vein, innomiate vein, innominate veins, vena brachiocephalica, innominate trunk, venae anonyma

id

UBERON:0003711

prefLabel

Brachiocephalic vein

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606