Superior thyroid vein

{{Infobox vein

| Name = Superior thyroid vein

| Latin = vena thyreoidea superior

| Image = Gray560.png

| Caption = The veins of the thyroid gland

| Image2 = Venenwinkel.png

| Caption2 = Veins

| DrainsFrom =

| DrainsTo = Internal jugular vein

| Artery = Superior thyroid artery

}}

The superior thyroid vein is the vena comitans of the superior thyroid artery.{{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}} It is formed by the union of deep and superficial tributaries that correspond to the arterial branches of the superior thyroid artery.{{Cite book |last=Gray |first=Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/anatomyofhumanbo1918gray/page/649/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Gray's Anatomy |year=1918 |edition=20th |pages=649}} Its tributaries are the {{Clarification needed|reason=Not clear whether the plural in "veins" here refers to plural cricothyroid veins, or to one superior laryngeal vein and one cricothyroid vein or to plural superior laryngeal veins for that matter.|date=July 2023|text=superior laryngeal vein, and the cricothyroid veins}}. The vein empties into either the internal jugular vein, or the facial vein.