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
Source	Palmar venous plexus
Drains to	Basilic vein, median cubital vein
Identifiers
Latin	v. mediana antebrachii, v. intermedia antebrachii
TA98	A12.3.08.020
TA2	4981
FMA	22967
Anatomical terminology [ edit on Wikidata]

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.
2. "vena intermedia basilica". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
3. "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.