subscapular vein

Definition

A vein formed by the confluence of the thoracodorsal and circumflex scapular veins and accompanying the subscapular artery to drain into the axillary vein.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Relations

Arterial supply

subscapular artery

Venous drainage

axillary vein

Sub-structures

• left subscapular vein
• right subscapular vein

Neighbouring structures

• anterior circumflex humeral vein
• basilic vein
• brachial vein
• cephalic vein
• circumflex scapular vein
• lateral thoracic vein
• thoracodorsal vein
• tributary of basilic vein
• tributary of brachial vein

Identifiers

TA2

4972

TA98

A12.3.08.006

FMA

23113

UBERON

0001420

Wikidata

Q66515042