Quiz: Veins of the Head and Neck

veins

 

 

1  = Superficial Temporal Vein
2 = Occipital Vein
3 = External Jugular
4 = Vertebral Vein
5 = Axillary (Also the subclavian where it branches from the brachiocephalic) *
6 = Facial Vein
7 = Internal Jugular
8 = Brachiocephalic

*The superior vena cava (not shown) divides into the left and right brachiocephalic.  The brachiocephalic branches into the internal jugular and then the subclavian (goes under the clavicle), on the other side of the clavicle, the subclavian becomes the axillary.