Axillary vein

Axillary vein
	Anterior view of right upper limb and thorax - axillary vein and the distal part of the basilic vein and cephalic vein.
Details
Latin	vena axillaris
Drains from	axilla
Source	basilic vein, brachial veins, cephalic vein
Drains to	subclavian vein
Artery	axillary artery
Identifiers
MeSH	A07.231.908.077
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	Anatomical terminology [[[d:Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).\|edit on Wikidata]]]

In human anatomy, the axillary vein is a large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla (armpit) and upper limb toward the heart. There is one axillary vein on each side of the body.

Its origin is at the lower margin of the teres major muscle and a continuation of the brachial vein.

This large vein is formed by the brachial vein and the basilic vein.^[1] At its terminal part, it is also joined by the cephalic vein.^[2] Other tributaries include the subscapular vein, circumflex humeral vein, lateral thoracic vein and thoraco-acromial vein.^[3] It terminates at the lateral margin of the first rib, at which it becomes the subclavian vein.

It is accompanied along its course by a similarly named artery, the axillary artery.

Additional images

Gray's s149
lesson3axillaryart&vein at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

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