Superior thyroid vein

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Vein: Superior thyroid vein
The veins of the thyroid gland.
Image:Venenwinkel.png
Veins
Latin	vena thyreoidea superioris
Gray's	subject #168 649
Drains to	internal jugular vein
Artery	superior thyroid artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	v_05/12852064

The superior thyroid vein begins in the substance and on the surface of the thyroid gland, by tributaries corresponding with the branches of the superior thyroid artery, and ends in the upper part of the internal jugular vein.

It receives the superior laryngeal and cricothyroid veins.

Additional images

The venæ cavæ and azygos veins, with their tributaries.

The thymus of a full-time fetus, exposed in situ.

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