Thymic veins

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Thymic veins are veins which drain the thymus. They are tributaries of the left brachiocephalic vein.

Thymic veins
Details
Drains toLeft brachiocephalic vein
ArteryThymic arteries
Identifiers
Latinvenae thymicae
TA98A12.3.04.005
TA24773
FMA70828
Anatomical terminology
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  • Keynes, G (1967). "The Thymic Vein". British Medical Journal. 1 (5540): 634. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5540.634-b. PMC 1841430.
  • "Thymic vein". Medcyclopaedia. GE.
  • http://www.instantanatomy.net/thorax/vessels/vinsuperiormediastinum.html
  • https://radiopaedia.org/cases/thymic-vein-on-ct