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Home › Health › Anatomy › Major Systemic Veins

Major Systemic Veins





Head and Neck (vein – vein it joins – region drained)

  • Cranial venous sinuses – internal jugular vein – brain, including reabsorbed CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)
  • Internal jugular – brachiocephalic – face and neck
  • External jugular – subclavian – superficial face and neck
  • Subclavian – brachiocephalic – shoulder
  • Brachiocephalic – superior vena cava – upper body
  • Superior vena cava – right atrium – upper body

Arm and Shoulder (vein – vein it joins – region drained)

  • Radial – brachial – forearm and hand
  • Ulnar – brachial – forearm and hand
  • Cephalic – axillary – superficial arm and forearm
  • Basilic – axillary – superficial upper arm
  • Brachial – axillary – upper arm
  • Axillary – subclavian – armpit
  • Subclavian – brachiocephalic – shoulder

Trunk (vein – vein it joins – region drained)

  • Brachiocephalic – superior vena cava – upper body
  • Azygos – superior vena cava – deep structures of chest and abdomen and links inferior vena cava to superior vena cava
  • Hepatic – inferior vena cava – liver
  • Renal – inferior vena cava – kidney
  • Testicular or ovarian – inferior vena cava and left renal vein – testes or ovaries
  • Internal iliac – common iliac – rectum, bladder, reproductive organs
  • External iliac – common iliac – leg and abdominal wall
  • Common iliac – inferior vena cava – leg and lower abdomen

Leg (vein – vein it joins – region drained)

  • Anterior and posterior tibial – popliteal – lower leg and foot
  • Popliteal – femoral – knee
  • Small saphenous – popliteal – superficial leg and foot
  • Great saphenous – femoral – superficial foot, leg, and thigh
  • Femoral – external iliac – thigh
  • External iliac – common iliac – leg and abdominal wall
  • Common iliac – inferior vena cava – leg and lower abdomen
  • Inferior vena cava – right atrium – lower body




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