Median antebrachial vein

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	vena mediana antebrachii
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12850943
TA	A12.3.08.020
FMA	22967
Anatomical terminology []

The median antebrachial vein drains the venous plexus on the palmar surface of the hand.

It travels up on the ulnar side of the front of the forearm and ends in the basilic vein or in the vena mediana cubiti; in a small proportion of cases it divides into two branches, one of which joins the basilic, the other the cephalic, below the elbow.

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