Deep cervical vein

{{Infobox vein

| Name = Deep cervical vein

| Latin = vena cervicalis profunda

| Image = Gray563.png

| Caption = The vertebral vein

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| DrainsTo = Vertebral vein

| Artery = Deep cervical artery

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The deep cervical vein (posterior vertebral vein or posterior deep cervical vein{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}) is the vena comitans of the deep cervical artery. The vein is formed in the suboccipital region by the convergence of communicating branches of the occipital vein, veins draining the suboccipital muscles, and veins from the venous plexuses that surround cervical nerves. The vein and corresponding artery then pass in between the semispinalis capitis muscle and the semispinalis colli muscle. The vein passes anterior-ward in between the transverse process of the 7th cervical vertebra and the neck of the first rib to terminate in the vertebral vein.{{Cite book |last=Standring |first=Susan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1201341621 |title=Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice |year=2020 |isbn=978-0-7020-7707-4 |edition=42th |location=New York |pages=593 |oclc=1201341621}}