Superior thyroid vein

A vein that receives blood from the upper part of the thyroid gland and the larynx, accompanies the superior thyroid artery, and empties into the internal jugular vein.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a vein on each side that drains the upper part of the thyroid and empties into the internal jugular vein

Vein: Superior thyroid vein
The veins of the thyroid gland.
Veins
Latin	vena thyreoidea superioris
Gray's	subject #168 649
Drains to	internal jugular vein
Artery	superior thyroid artery

The superior thyroid vein begins in the substance and on the surface of the thyroid gland, by tributaries corresponding with the branches of the superior thyroid artery, and ends in the upper part of the internal jugular vein.

It receives the superior laryngeal and cricothyroid veins.

Additional images

The venæ cavæ and azygos veins, with their tributaries.

The thymus of a full-time fetus, exposed in situ.

Head anatomy anterior view

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.

v • d • e Veins (emissary, jugular and others) and sinuses of head and neck (drainage patterns can vary) (TA A12.3, GA 7.644) to external jugular retromandibular: maxillary · superficial temporal (anterior auricular) posterior auricular transverse cervical - suprascapular - anterior jugular (jugular venous arch) to internal jugular Diploic/brain cerebral: superior · middle · inferior · great · internal (basal, superior thalamostriate) cerebellar: superior · inferior To COS: superior sagittal · straight (inferior sagittal) · occipital To CS: sphenoparietal · intercavernous superior ophthalmic (ethmoidal, central retinal, nasofrontal) · inferior ophthalmic · vorticose veins To IJV: sigmoid: transverse (petrosquamous) · superior petrosal inferior petrosal (basilar plexus, internal auditory veins) · condylar Other common facial · facial (frontal, supraorbital, angular, superior labial, inferior labial, deep facial) · pterygoid plexus lingual (dorsal lingual, deep lingual, sublingual) · pharyngeal · thyroid (superior/superior laryngeal, middle) to vertebral vein occipital (occipital) · suboccipital venous plexus deep cervical to brachiocephalic inferior thyroid (inferior laryngeal) - thymic

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