The median antebrachial vein is a superficial vein of the (anterior) forearm. It arises from - and drains - the superficial palmar venous arch, ascending superficially along the anterior forearm before terminating by draining into either the basilic vein and/or median cubital vein; it may bifurcate distal to the elbow and proceed to drain into both aforementioned veins.[1] A bifurcation of the median antebrachial vein produces the (medial) intermediate basilic vein[2] and the (lateral) intermediate cephalic vein;[3] the two veins produced by such a split may replace the median cubital vein.[4][2][3]
| Median antebrachial vein | |
|---|---|
 A prominent 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 | v. mediana antebrachii, v. intermedia antebrachii |
| TA98 | A12.3.08.020 |
| TA2 | 4981 |
| FMA | 22967 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
References
edit- ^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 951. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b "vena intermedia basilica". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ a b "vena intermedia cephalica". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ Pires, L.; Ráfare, A. L.; Peixoto, B. U.; Pereira, T. O. J. S.; Pinheiro, D. M. M.; Siqueira, M. E. B.; Vaqueiro, R. D.; de Paula, R. C.; Babinski, M. A.; Chagas, C. A. A. (2018-06-01). "The venous patterns of the cubital fossa in subjects from Brazil". Morphologie. 102 (337): 78–82. doi:10.1016/j.morpho.2018.02.001. ISSN 1286-0115. PMID 29625795. S2CID 4662703.
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