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inferior thyroid vein

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in·fe·ri·or thy·roid vein

[TA]

unpaired vein formed by veins from the isthmus and lateral lobe of the thyroid gland and from the plexus thyroideus impar; it terminates in the left brachiocephalic vein.

Synonym(s): vena thyroidea inferior [TA], vena thyroidea ima

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esophageal veins
plexus thyroideus impar
sheath of thyroid gland
unpaired thyroid venous plexus
vena thyreoidea ima

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