Bronchial veins

Bronchial veins
Details
Drains to Azygos vein, hemiazygos vein and pulmonary veins
Artery Bronchial artery
Identifiers
Latin Venae bronchiales
Dorlands
/Elsevier		 v_05/12849640
TA A12.3.04.009
A12.3.07.007
FMA 70832

Anatomical terminology

The bronchial veins are small vessels that return blood from the larger bronchi and structures at the roots of the lungs. The right side drains into the azygos vein, while the left side drains into the left superior intercostal vein or the accessory hemiazygos vein. Bronchial veins are thereby part of the bronchial circulation, carrying waste products away from the cells that constitute the lungs.

The bronchial veins are counterparts to the bronchial arteries. However, they only carry ~13% of the blood flow of the bronchial arteries.[1] The remaining blood is returned to the heart via the pulmonary veins.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Charan, NB; Thompson, WH; Carvalho, P (2007). "Functional anatomy of bronchial veins.". Pulmonary pharmacology & therapeutics 20 (2): 100–3. doi:10.1016/j.pupt.2006.03.004. PMID 16807022.

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