brachiocephalic vein

Preferred Label : brachiocephalic vein;

Uberon definition : The left and right brachiocephalic veins in the upper chest are formed by the union of each corresponding internal jugular vein and subclavian vein. This is at the level of the sternoclavicular joint. These great vessels merge to form the superior vena cava. The brachiocephalic veins are the major veins returning blood to the superior vena cava.;

Uberon synonym : brachiocephalic venous tree; innominate vein;

Uberon related term : innominate trunk; innominate veins; innominate vein; innomiate vein;

Details

Origin ID

0003711;

UMLS CUI

C0006095;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire brachiocephalic vein (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- brachiocephalic vein [ICHI extension code]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Brachiocephalic Vein [NCIt concept]
- Brachiocephalic vein [FMA entity]
- Brachiocephalic vein [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Innominate vein [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of brachiocephalic vein (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- brachiocephalic vein [Radlex concept]
- brachiocephalic vein [SNOMED Notion]
- brachiocephalic veins [MeSH Descriptor]
- brachiocephalic veins [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Brachiocephalic Vein [NCIt concept]
- Brachiocephalic vein [FMA entity]
- Innominate vein [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of brachiocephalic vein (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vena anonyma (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- brachiocephalic vein [SNOMED Notion]
- brachiocephalic vein [Radlex concept]
- brachiocephalic veins [MeSH concept]
- brachiocephalic veins [MeSH Descriptor]
Uberon cross reference
- Brachiocephalic Vein [NCIt concept]
- Brachiocephalic vein [FMA entity]
- Entire brachiocephalic vein (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
has part
- thymic vein [UBERON concept]
- venous dural sinus [UBERON concept]
part of
- brachiocephalic vasculature [UBERON concept]

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