Veins To Know

Name	Location	Name	Location
Anterior Facial Vein	Head	Inferior Vena Cava	Thorax
Axillary Vein	Thorax	Intercostal Veins	Thorax
Azygous vein	Thorax	Internal Iliac Vein	Pelvis
Basilic Vein	Arm	Internal Jugular vein	Neck
Brachial Vein	Arm	Junction of Sinuses	Head
Brachiocephalic vein	Thorax	Median Cubital Vein	Arm
Cephalic Vein	Arm	Popliteal Vein	Leg
Common Iliac Vein	Pelvis	Portal Vein	Abdomen
External Iliac Vein	Pelvis	Renal Vein	Abdomen
External Jugular vein	Neck	Sigmoid Sinuses	Head
Femoral Vein	Leg	Splenic Vein	Abdomen
Great Saphenous Vein	Leg	Straight Sinus	Head
Hepatic Vein	Abdomen	Subclavian vein	Thorax
Inferior Messenteric V.	Abdomen	Superior Messenteric V.	Abdomen
Inferior Sagittal Sinus	Head	Superior Sagittal Sinus	Head
Inferior Vena Cava	Abdomen	Superior Vena Cava	Thorax
Hemiazygous vein	thorax	Transverse Sinuses	Head

Alphabetized by location

Name	Location	Gets blood from	Sends blood to	Comments
Hepatic Vein	Abdomen	liver	Vena cava	Lect: 794, 795; Lab: 355;
Portal Vein	Abdomen	Superior/Inferior Messenteric veins, splenic	liver	Lect: 794, 795; Lab: 355;
Splenic Vein	Abdomen	Spleen, stomach, pancreas	Portal vein	Lect: 794, 795; Lab: 355;
Superior Messenteric V.	Abdomen	Stomach, small intestine, ascending and transverse large intestine, Inferior Messenteric Vein	Portal vein	Lect: 794, 795; Lab: 355;
Inferior Messenteric V.	Abdomen	Distal large intestine and rectum	Splenic vein	Lect: 794, 795; Lab: 355;
Inferior Vena Cava	Abdomen	Common Iliac veins, renal veins, suprarenal veins, lumbar veins, hepatic veins	Inferior Vena Cava in the thorax	Also found in Thorax Lect: 794, 795; Lab: 352, 355;
Renal Vein	Abdomen	kidney	Vena cava	Lect: 794, 795; Lab: 352;
Brachial Vein	Arm	Ulnar and Radial vein	Axillary Vein	Lect: 758, 759, 762, 763; Lab: 353;
Basilic Vein	Arm	Dorsal veinous arch, medial side of forearm and upper arm	Joins Brachial vein, forming axillary vein	Lect: 758, 759, 762, 763; Lab: 353;
Cephalic Vein	Arm	Dorsal veinous arch, forearm and upper arm	Axillary vein	Shoulder area Lect: 758, 759, 762, 763; Lab: 353
Median Cubital Vein	Arm	Cephalic vein	basilic	Short vein crossing front of elbow region that connects the cephalic to the basilic Lect: 758, 759, 762, 763; Lab: 353;
Anterior Facial Vein	Head	Starts on front of face at the side of the root of the nose, and sits deep to (i.e. behind) the facial artery. posterior facial vein to form the common facial vein	common facial vein	Continuation of the angular vein. Know for tracings only. (This will not be pinned on a model or pig on your lab test)
Superior Sagittal Sinus	Head	Cerebral hemispheres	Transverse sinuses	Lect: 760, 761; Lab: 352;
Transverse Sinuses	Head	Inferior sagital sinus Superior saggital sinus	Sigmoid sinus	Lect: 760, 761; Lab: 352;
Inferior Sagittal Sinus	Head	Cerebral hemispheres	Straight sinus	Lect: 760, 761; Lab: 352;
Straight Sinus	Head	Inferior sagital sinus	Transverse sinuses	Lect: 760, 761; Lab: 352;
Sigmoid Sinuses	Head	Transverse sinuses	Internal jugular vein	Lect: 760, 761; Lab: 352;
Junction of Sinuses	Head	Where transvers sinuses join	Sigmoid sinuses	Lect: 761, Lab: 352;

Femoral Vein	Leg	Popliteal vein	External Iliac	Joins great saphenous vein to form external iliac Lect: 766; Lab: 351;
Great Saphenous Vein (longest vein in body)	Leg	Dorsal veinous arch of foot, lower leg and upper leg	External iliac	Joins femoral vein to form great saphenous Lect: 766; Lab: 351;
Popliteal Vein	Leg	Small Saphenous vein, Anterior and posterior tibial veins	Femoral vein	Formed from union of anterior and posterior tibial veins Lect: 766; Lab: 351;
Internal Jugular vein	Neck	Most of blood from brain via Sigmoid Sinus. Also facial and superficial temporal veins	brachiocephalic	Joins subclavian to form brachiocephalic Lect: 760, 761; Lab: 352;
External Jugular vein	Neck	Scalp/face (areas getting blood from external carotid)	Subclavian	Lect: 760, 761; Lab: 352;
Common Iliac Vein	Pelvis	External and internal iliac veins	Abdominal vena cava	Lect: 766; Lab: 351;
External Iliac Vein	Pelvis	Great saphenous vein and popliteal vein	Common iliac vein	Formed from union of great saphenous vein and femoral vein Lect: 766; Lab: 351;
Internal Iliac Vein	Pelvis	Walls and organs of pelvis (e.g. gonads and urinary bladder), gluteal muscles	Common iliac vein	Lect: 766; Lab: 351;
Superior Vena Cava	Thorax	Head, neck, thorax, arms	Right atria of heart	Lect: 758, 759, 760, 761; Lab: 353;
Azygous vein	Thorax	Right ascending lumbar vein, right posterior intercostals vein	Superior Vena Cava	Lect: 762; Lab: 353;
Brachiocephalic vein	Thorax	Superior vena cava	Superior vena cava	Lect: 758, 759, 762, 763; Lab: 353;
Subclavian vein	Thorax	Axillary vein	brachiocephalic	Lect: 758, 759, 762, 763; Lab: 353;
Axillary Vein	Thorax	Brachial vein Cephalic vein	Subclavian vein	Lect: 758, 759, 762, 763; Lab: 353;
Hemiazygous	Thorax	intercostal veins inferior oesophageal veins mediastinal veins - small trunks	Azygous vein	Drains intercostals starting just BELOW the diaphragm; i.e. starts in upper abdomen, not thorax Know for tracings only. Lab: 353;
Intercostal Veins	Thorax	Wall of thorax	Azygous vein	Lect: 762, 763; Lab: 353;
Inferior Vena Cava	Thorax	Abdomen, pelvis , legs	Thoracic inferior vena cava	Also found in abdomen Lect: 758, 759, 762, 763; Lab: 353;