deep cervical vein deep cervical vein the deep cervical vein (posterior vertebral or posterior deep cervical vein) accompanies its artery between the semispinales capitis and colli. deep cervical veinthe vertebral veindetailsdrains tovertebral veinarterydeep cervical arteryidentifierslatinvena cervicalis profundata98a12.3.04.017ta24785fma4746anatomical terminology it begins in the suboccipital region by communicating branches from the occipital vein and by small veins from the deep muscles at the back of the neck. it receives tributaries from the plexuses around the spinous processes of the cervical vertebræ, and terminates in the lower part of the vertebral vein.