The left and right brachiocephalic veins in the upper chest are formed by the union of each corresponding internal jugular vein and subclavian vein. This is at the level of the sternoclavicular joint. These great vessels merge to form the superior vena cava. The brachiocephalic veins are the major veins returning blood to the superior vena cava. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiocephalic_vein ]

Synonyms: innominate vein brachiocephalic venous tree

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Term information

database cross reference
  • GAID:529
  • NCIT:C32816
  • Wikipedia:Brachiocephalic_vein
  • UMLS:C0006095 (ncithesaurus:Innominate_Vein)
  • MESH:D016121
  • OpenCyc:Mx4rvz3aUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
  • EHDAA:9868
  • galen:BrachiocephalicVein
  • FMA:4723
  • EHDAA2:0000182
  • SCTID:181371003
Subsets

human_reference_atlas

RO 0002175

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Gray1174.png

has related synonym

innominate vein

innomiate vein

innominate veins

vena brachiocephalica

innominate trunk

venae anonyma

id

UBERON:0003711