Superior thyroid vein

Superior thyroid vein
The veins of the thyroid gland
Veins
Details
Drains to	Internal jugular vein
Artery	Superior thyroid artery
Identifiers
Latin	Vena thyreoidea superior
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12852064
TA	A12.3.05.014
FMA	14323
Anatomical terminology []

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.

The venae cavae and azygos veins with their tributaries.

The thymus of a full-time fetus.

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