Preferred Label : inferior thyroid vein;
Uberon definition : The inferior thyroid veins two, frequently three or four, in number, arise in the
venous plexus on the thyroid gland, communicating with the middle and superior thyroid
veins. They form a plexus in front of the trachea, behind the Sternothyreoidei. From
this plexus, a left vein descends and joins the left innominate trunk, and a right
vein passes obliquely downward and to the right across the innominate artery to open
into the right innominate vein, just at its junction with the superior vena cava;
sometimes the right and left veins open by a common trunk in the latter situation.
These veins receive esophageal tracheal, and inferior laryngeal veins, and are provided
with valves at their terminations in the innominate veins.;
Uberon synonym : inferior thyroid venous tree; vena thyroidea inferioris;
Origin ID : 0007156;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
The inferior thyroid veins two, frequently three or four, in number, arise in the
venous plexus on the thyroid gland, communicating with the middle and superior thyroid
veins. They form a plexus in front of the trachea, behind the Sternothyreoidei. From
this plexus, a left vein descends and joins the left innominate trunk, and a right
vein passes obliquely downward and to the right across the innominate artery to open
into the right innominate vein, just at its junction with the superior vena cava;
sometimes the right and left veins open by a common trunk in the latter situation.
These veins receive esophageal tracheal, and inferior laryngeal veins, and are provided
with valves at their terminations in the innominate veins.
