Anatomy study note · Head and neck

Subclavian vein

The continuation of the axillary vein from the outer border of the first rib; it joins the internal jugular vein to form the brachiocephalic vein.

Key points

• Axillary vein → subclavian (1st rib) → brachiocephalic.
• In FRONT of scalenus anterior (artery behind).
• Receives the external jugular and thoracic duct (left).
• Subclavian vein: enlarged intersegmental vein of the limb bud.
• Vein: thin wall, adventitia thickest, valves.
• Veins hold ~70% of the blood.

The full note in the atlas also covers

Relations · Tributaries · Histology · Development · Clinical notes

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 12, PDF pp. 1632, 1648–1655
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 15, PDF p. 264
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 11, PDF pp. 203–205

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