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Where does the axillary vein commence |
At the lower border of the teres major as a continuation of the basilic vein. |
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Where does the axillary vein run. |
At the outer border of the first rib the axillary vein enters the root of the neck as the subclavian vein in front of scalenus anterior. The venae comitantes of the brachial artery join the axillary vein near its commencement and the cephalic vein drains into it above pectoralis minor. |
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Describe the anatomy of the axillary vein and compare it to the cephalic and subscapular veins |
It has a pair of valves near its distal and and the cephalic and subscapular have valve near their terminations |
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What is the position of the axillary vein as it compares to the axillary artery |
It lies medial to the axillary artery which it partly overlaps anteriorly. |
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What lies between the artery and vein |
The medial pectoral nerve, the medial cord of the brachial plexus, ulnar nerve and medial cutaneous nerve of the forearm |
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What nerve is medial to the vein |
The medial cutaneous nerve |
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Describe the subscapular veins |
are multiple and lie on the posterior wall of the axilla; they are encountered during surgical clearance of axillary lymph nodes. |
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Describe the lateral thoracic vein |
is connected by the thoracoepigastric vein to the superficial epigastric vein, a tributary of the great saphenous vein |
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What happens during inferiord vena cava obstruction |
The communicating channels become prominent on the side of the trunk |
