Deep cervical veins

Deep cervical vein
The vertebral vein
Details
Drains to	vertebral vein
Artery	deep cervical artery
Identifiers
Latin	vena cervicalis profunda
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12849856
TA	A12.3.04.017
FMA	4746
Anatomical terminology []

The deep cervical vein (posterior vertebral or posterior deep cervical vein) accompanies its artery between the Semispinales capitis and colli.

It begins in the suboccipital region by communicating branches from the occipital vein and by small veins from the deep muscles at the back of the neck.

It receives tributaries from the plexuses around the spinous processes of the cervical vertebræ, and terminates in the lower part of the vertebral vein.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)