All of the following are true about venous drainage of esophagus except:
Correct Answer: The cervical esophagus drains directly into the right brachiocephalic vein
Description: Ans: C. The cervical esophagus drains directly into the right brachiocephalic vein(Ref: Gray's 411e p1111, 40Ie p950).Cervical pa of esophagus is drained into inferior thyroid vein, not the right brachiocephalic vein.Venous drainage of esophagus:Cervical pa is drained by inferior thyroid vein.Thoracic pa is drained by azygous and hemiazygous veins.Abdominal pa is drained by two venous channels, hemiazygous vein and left gastric vein.
Category:
Anatomy
Get More
Subject Mock Tests
Practice with over 200,000 questions from various medical subjects and improve your knowledge.
Attempt a mock test nowMock Exam
Take an exam with 100 random questions selected from all subjects to test your knowledge.
Coming SoonGet More
Subject Mock Tests
Try practicing mock tests with over 200,000 questions from various medical subjects.
Attempt a mock test now