Median antebrachial vein at a glance
- Also called
- Median vein of forearm
- What it is
- A superficial vein running up the front of the forearm.
- Location
- It begins from the palmar venous network of the hand, ascends on the anterior forearm and drains into the median cubital, basilic or cephalic vein.
- Function
- It drains the superficial tissues of the anterior forearm and hand.
- Body system
- Cardiovascular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA22969 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- It is also called the median vein of the forearm.
Structures next to the median antebrachial vein
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Humeral head of flexor carpi ulnaris · muscular
- Ulnar artery · cardiovascular
- Flexor carpi radialis · muscular
- Ulnar vein · cardiovascular
- Extensor carpi ulnaris · muscular
- Anterior interosseous artery · cardiovascular
- Radial vein · cardiovascular
- Ulna · skeletal
- Interosseous membrane of forearm · skeletal
- Palmaris longus · muscular
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Median antebrachial vein (FMA22969). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §20.1 Structure and Function of Blood Vessels. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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