basilic vein

A superficial vein of the upper limb that drain parts of manus and forearm. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the basilic vein is

A superficial vein of the upper limb that drain parts of manus and forearm. The atlas records it as a vein at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the basilic vein is

It sits in the upper limb, within the cardiovascular system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the basilic vein connects to

The atlas records 14 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of anatomical structure, appendage girdle complex and forelimb, and 4 more.

Supply and innervation

Venous drainage: axillary vein, subclavian vein and median basilic vein.

Also called

Also recorded as basilic vein of forearm and vena basilica antebrachii. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001411, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the basilic vein?

It sits in the upper limb, within the cardiovascular system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the basilic vein connect to?

Part of: anatomical structure, appendage girdle complex, forelimb, limb, organism subdivision and pectoral complex, and 1 more.

Is the basilic vein the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.