BASILIC VEIN
\bazˈɪlɪk vˈe͡ɪn], \bazˈɪlɪk vˈeɪn], \b_a_z_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_k v_ˈeɪ_n]\
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By Princeton University
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This vein is one of those on which the operation of bloodletting is performed. It is situate at the internal part of the fold of the elbow, in front of the humeral artery, and is formed by the anterior and posterior cubital veins, and by the median basilic. It terminates, in the arm-pit, in the axillary vein. The ancients thought, that the basilic of the right arm had some connexion with the liver, and hence they called it hepatic. The vein of the left arm, for a similar reason, they called splenic. The Median Basilic Vein, (F.) Veine mediane basilique, is one of the branches of the preceding vein. It joins the median cephalic at an acute angle, or rather by a transverse branch, and receives some branches of the deep radial and cubital veins, and a considerable subcutaneous vein -the common median.
By Robley Dunglison
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