G68 THE BLOOD-VASCULAR SYSTEM 



from the cephalic up to the basilic. In some cases this anastomosis is made by a 

 division of the median antibrachial into two branches, a median cephalic and 



Fig. 526. — The Superficial Veins of the Arm and Forearm. (After Toldt, "Atlas of 

 Human Anatomy," Rebman, uondon and New York.) 



Fascia \ i 



— ' Basilic vein 



Median anti- 

 brachial vein 



Subcutaneous venous 

 network 



Connecting branches 

 between the superfi- 

 cial and deep veins Brachial 

 fascia 



Volar venous 



rete Accessory 



median cubital 



\ (var; 



.Median cubital - 



Intercapitular 



veins Cephalic 

 vein 

 . Proper volar 

 ■"' digital Connec- 

 veins tion '; 



with deep / 

 veins 



Accessory 

 cephalic 

 Antibrachial 

 fascia 



, Subcutaneous 



' venous network 



Cephalic vein 



Basilic vein 



Basilic vein 



Median anti- 

 brachial vein 



Cephalic vein 



XoTH— In tlio liuil) licrn rcprcsoiitcd tlio direct venous rlKUinrl on the nuhal side of the 

 forearm, tl)0 accessory cci)l.ali(; (formerly radial) vein, is continued directly mto the ccpha ic 

 above tiie elbow. The cephalic in the forearm (formerly median) is mainly drained by the 

 basilic throuKh the me<lian antecubital. Th.; vein opposite tlu; bend of the c-lbow, which usu- 

 ally forms the scKmeut of the cephali<; formerly known as the me. ban cephnlic vein, is here a 

 small channel drainii.K into an accessory median cubital 1 he basilic v(Mn of the forearm 

 (formerly posterior ulnar) is represented by a plexus of small venous cliannels. 



