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Large vein between the thorax and the heart

Blood vessel

Axillary vein
Anterior view of right upper limb and thorax - axillary vein and the distal part of the basilic vein and cephalic vein.
Details
Drains from	Axilla
Source	Basilic vein, brachial veins, cephalic vein
Drains to	Subclavian vein
Artery	Axillary artery
Identifiers
Latin	vena axillaris
MeSH	D001367
TA98	A12.3.08.005
TA2	4963
FMA	13329
Anatomical terminology[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.

Structure

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. At its terminal part, it is also joined by the cephalic vein. Other tributaries include the subscapular vein, circumflex humeral vein, lateral thoracic vein and thoraco-acromial vein. 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, which lies laterally to the axillary vein.

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lesson3axillaryart&vein at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

General

Superficial

arm:	Cephalic Accessory cephalic Median cubital Basilic Median antebrachial
hand/forearm:	Dorsal network Intercapitular Dorsal metacarpal Superficial palmar arch Palmar digital

Deep

arm:	Radial Ulnar Brachial
hand/forearm:	Deep palmar arch Palmar metacarpal

Coronary sinus	Great cardiac (Left marginal) Posterior of the left ventricle Oblique of the left atrium (Ligament of the left vena cava) Middle cardiac
Small cardiac vein	Anterior cardiac (Right marginal)

Lungs

Brachiocephalic	internal thoracic anterior intercostal superior epigastric left superior intercostal supreme vertebral subclavian axillary: lateral thoracic thoracoepigastric dorsal scapular external jugular pericardiacophrenic internal jugular
Azygos	right superior intercostal bronchial intercostal/posterior intercostal 5-11 accessory hemiazygos/hemiazygos superior phrenic

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