Thymic veins

Thymic veins
Details
Drains to	brachiocephalic vein
Artery	thymic arteries
Identifiers
Latin	venae thymicae
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12852041
TA	A12.3.04.005
FMA	70828
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

Thymic veins are veins which drain the thymus.

External links

Keynes, G (1967). "The Thymic Vein". British Medical Journal 1 (5540): 634. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5540.634-b. PMC 1841430.
"Thymic vein". Medcyclopaedia. GE. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05.
http://www.instantanatomy.net/thorax/vessels/vinsuperiormediastinum.html

Veins of the head and neck

External jugular

Retromandibular	maxillary pterygoid plexus superficial temporal anterior auricular

Direct	posterior auricular transverse cervical suprascapular anterior jugular jugular venous arch

Internal jugular

Diploic/brain

Cerebral

Superficial:	superior superficial middle inferior inferior anastomotic (Labbé) superior anastomotic (Trolard)

Deep:	great internal basal deep middle superior thalamostriate

Cerebellar

Sinuses

To COS	superior sagittal straight inferior sagittal occipital

To CS	sphenoparietal intercavernous superior ophthalmic ethmoidal central retinal nasofrontal vorticose veins inferior ophthalmic

To IJV	sigmoid: transverse petrosquamous superior petrosal inferior petrosal basilar plexus internal auditory veins condylar

Facial/common facial

Direct

Brachiocephalic

Vertebral	occipital occipital emissary suboccipital venous plexus deep cervical

Direct	inferior thyroid inferior laryngeal thymic

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