Preferred Name

cephalic vein

Synonyms

vena cephalica antebrachii

cephalic vein of forearm

vena cephalica

Definitions

A superficial vein of the upper limb that communicates with the basilic vein via the median cubital vein at the elbow and is located in the superficial fascia along the anterolateral surface of the biceps brachii muscle. Superiorly the cephalic vein passes between the deltoid and pectoralis major muscles and through the deltopectoral triangle, where it empties into the axillary vein. It is often visible through the skin, and its location in the deltopectoral groove is fairly consistent, making this site a good candidate for cannulation. It is often referred to as the 'House-man's Friend' for this reason and is generally a good place for cannulaton when a large bore cannula needs to be sited. [WP,modified].

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001106

database_cross_reference

galen:CephalicVein

NCIT:C32286

SCTID:181391005

EMAPA:25075

UMLS:C0226802

Wikipedia:Cephalic_vein

FMA:13324

MA:0002092

definition

A superficial vein of the upper limb that communicates with the basilic vein via the median cubital vein at the elbow and is located in the superficial fascia along the anterolateral surface of the biceps brachii muscle. Superiorly the cephalic vein passes between the deltoid and pectoralis major muscles and through the deltopectoral triangle, where it empties into the axillary vein. It is often visible through the skin, and its location in the deltopectoral groove is fairly consistent, making this site a good candidate for cannulation. It is often referred to as the 'House-man's Friend' for this reason and is generally a good place for cannulaton when a large bore cannula needs to be sited. [WP,modified].

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Gray574.png

has exact synonym

vena cephalica antebrachii

cephalic vein of forearm

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_related_synonym

vena cephalica

id

UBERON:0001106

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim

label

cephalic vein

notation

UBERON:0001106

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001460

prefLabel

cephalic vein

present_in_taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001460

tributary of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001587

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000985

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003507

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0035550

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