BASILIC VEIN

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SUMMARY

1. Runs in the post-axial (medial) border of the arm.2. It pierces the deep fascia half-way b/w the elbow & axilla, joins the brachial veins to form the axillary vein.

Upper-limb-veins-diagram.jpg

Image: Case courtesy of Dr Sachintha Hapugoda, Radiopaedia.org. From the case rID: 52482 [Accessed 17 Apr. 2019].


Reference(s)

R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.