Deep cervical vein
The deep cervical vein (posterior vertebral or posterior deep cervical vein) accompanies its artery between the Semispinales capitis and colli.
| Deep cervical vein | |
|---|---|
 The vertebral vein | |
| Details | |
| Drains to | vertebral vein |
| Artery | deep cervical artery |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | vena cervicalis profunda |
| TA98 | A12.3.04.017 |
| TA2 | 4785 |
| FMA | 4746 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
It begins in the suboccipital region by communicating branches from the occipital vein and by small veins from the deep muscles at the back of the neck.
It receives tributaries from the plexuses around the spinous processes of the cervical vertebræ, and terminates in the lower part of the vertebral vein.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 651 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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