Superior thyroid vein

The superior thyroid vein is the vena comitans of the superior thyroid artery.^[1] It is formed by the union of deep and superficial tributaries^[1] that correspond to the arterial branches of the superior thyroid artery.^[2] Its tributaries are the superior laryngeal vein, and the cricothyroid veins^{[clarification needed]}. The vein empties into either the internal jugular vein, or the facial vein.^[1]

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
TA98	A12.3.05.014
TA2	4812
FMA	14323
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Additional images

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  The venae cavae and azygos veins with their tributaries.
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  The thymus of a full-time fetus.

References

1. Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 593. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 649.