Thymic veins are veins which drain the

thymus The thymus (: thymuses or thymi) is a specialized primary lymphoid organ of the immune system. Within the thymus, T cells mature. T cells are critical to the adaptive immune system, where the body adapts to specific foreign invaders. The thymus ...

. They are tributaries of the left

brachiocephalic vein The left and right brachiocephalic veins (previously called innominate veins) are major veins in the Thorax, upper chest, formed by the union of the ipsilateral internal jugular vein and subclavian vein (the so-called venous angle) behind the ster ...

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* * * http://www.instantanatomy.net/thorax/vessels/vinsuperiormediastinum.html * https://radiopaedia.org/cases/thymic-vein-on-ct Veins of the head and neck {{circulatory-stub