Thyroid veins
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Thyroid veins can refer to:
- Inferior thyroid veinsInferior thyroid veinsThe inferior thyroid veins two, frequently three or four, in number, arise in the venous plexus on the thyroid gland, communicating with the middle and superior thyroid veins.They form a plexus in front of the trachea, behind the Sternothyreoidei....
- Superior thyroid veinSuperior thyroid veinThe superior thyroid vein begins in the substance and on the surface of the thyroid gland, by tributaries corresponding with the branches of the superior thyroid artery, and ends in the upper part of the internal jugular vein....