axillary vein

Origin

• formed from the basilic & brachial veins at the lower border of the teres major muscle Coarse:
• continues to the outer border of the 1st rib where it becomes the subclavian vein
• just prior to its becoming the subclavian vein, it receives the cephalic vein.

Empties into

• subclavian vein

More general terms

• vein

Additional terms

• axillary vein thrombosis (Mondor's disease)
• basilic vein
• brachial vein
• cephalic vein
• subclavian vein