Median antebrachial vein

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	vena mediana antebrachii
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12850943
TA	A12.3.08.020
FMA	22967
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The median antebrachial vein drains the venous plexus on the volar surface of the hand.

It ascends on the ulnar side of the front of the forearm and ends in the basilic vein or in the vena mediana cubiti; in a small proportion of cases it divides into two branches, one of which joins the basilic, the other the cephalic, below the elbow.

Additional Images

Median vein
Median antebrachial vein

References

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

Veins of the human arm

General

Superficial

arm:	Cephalic Accessory cephalic Median cubital Basilic Median antebrachial

hand/forearm:	Dorsal network Intercapitular Dorsal metacarpal Superficial palmar arch Palmar digital

Deep

arm:	Radial Ulnar Brachial

hand/forearm:	Deep palmar arch Palmar metacarpal

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