Bronchial veins

Bronchial veins
Bronchial veins
Details
Drains to	Azygos vein, hemiazygos vein and pulmonary veins
Artery	Bronchial artery
Identifiers
Latin	venae bronchiales
TA98	A12.3.04.009; A12.3.07.007
TA2	4752
FMA	70832
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The bronchial veins are small vessels that return blood from the larger bronchi and structures at the roots of the lungs. The right side drains into the azygos vein, while the left side drains into the left superior intercostal vein or the accessory hemiazygos vein. Bronchial veins are thereby part of the bronchial circulation, carrying waste products away from the cells that constitute the lungs.

The bronchial veins are counterparts to the bronchial arteries. However, they only carry ~13% of the blood flow of the bronchial arteries.^[1] The remaining blood is returned to the heart via the pulmonary veins.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Charan, NB; Thompson, WH; Carvalho, P (2007). "Functional anatomy of bronchial veins". Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 20 (2): 100–3. doi:10.1016/j.pupt.2006.03.004. PMID 16807022.

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[Charan-1] Charan, NB; Thompson, WH; Carvalho, P (2007). "Functional anatomy of bronchial veins". Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 20 (2): 100–3. doi:10.1016/j.pupt.2006.03.004. PMID 16807022.

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