Accessory cephalic vein

Accessory cephalic vein
Superficial veins of the upper limb (accessory cephalic vein labeled at center left)
Details
Latin	Vena cephalica accessoria
Source	Dorsal venous network of hand
Drains to	Cephalic vein
Identifiers
Gray's	p.662
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12849792
TA	A12.3.08.017
FMA	22970
Anatomical terminology

The accessory cephalic vein is a variable vein that passes along the radial border of the forearm to join the cephalic vein near the elbow.^[1] In some cases the accessory cephalic springs from the cephalic above the wrist and joins it again higher up. A large oblique branch frequently connects the basilic and cephalic veins on the back of the forearm.

References

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

↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/accessory+cephalic+vein (10/15/10)

Veins of the human arm

General

Subscapular
Axillary
Circumflex scapular

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

Index of the circulatory system

Description	Anatomy Arteries head and neck arms chest abdomen legs Veins head and neck arms chest abdomen and pelvis legs Development Cells Physiology proteins

Disease	Congenital Neoplasms and cancer Lymphatic vessels Injury Vasculitis Other Symptoms and signs eponymous

Treatment	Procedures Drugs beta blockers channel blockers diuretics nonsympatholytic vasodilatory antihypertensives peripheral vasodilators renin–angiotensin system sympatholytic antihypertensives vasoprotectives

Accessory cephalic vein

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