Superior phrenic vein

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Superior phrenic vein
Details
Drains from Thoracic diaphragm
Drains to Azygos vein
hemiazygos vein
Artery Superior phrenic artery
Identifiers
Latin vena phrenica superior
TA98 A12.3.07.010
TA2 4755, 4769
FMA 70888
Anatomical terminology

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

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References

PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 666 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)