Superior phrenic vein

Superior phrenic vein
Details
Drains from	Thoracic diaphragm
Drains to	Azygos vein hemiazygos vein
Artery	Superior phrenic artery
Identifiers
Latin	vena phrenica superior
TA98	A12.3.07.010
TA2	4755, 4769
FMA	70888
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The superior phrenic vein, i.e., the vein accompanying the pericardiacophrenic artery, usually opens into the azygos vein.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 666 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)