SUPERFICIAL VEINS OF THE ARM 



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median basilic. Occasionally the cephalic in the upper arm is reduced to a small 

 tributary, which takes the course of the cephaHc in the forearm, but bends ulnar- 

 ward at the elbow to form the basilic. Numerous connections occur between the 

 deep and the superficial veins at the elbow. 



The superficial plexus of veins in the upper arm consists of small vessels that 

 pass to the cephalic vein. 



Fig. 527. — Veins of the Back of the Forearm. (After Toldt, "Atlas of Human Anatomy," 



Rebman, London and New York.) 



Cephalic vein 

 — Accessory median cubital vein 

 Median cubital vein 



Subcutaneous venous / 

 network \ 



Accessory cephalic vein 

 Basilic vein 



Dorsal venous rete 



Digital venous arch r^':^.. 



Cephalic vein 



Intercapitular vein 



