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It drains the intercostal veins, although the posterior drainage is often handled by the azygous veins. [1] It terminates in the brachiocephalic vein. [2] It has a width of 2-3 mm. [3] There is either one or two internal thoracic veins accompanying the corresponding artery (internal thoracic artery). If internal thoracic vein is single, it ...
The internal thoracic artery (ITA), also known as the internal mammary artery, is an artery that supplies the anterior chest wall and the breasts. [1] It is a paired artery, with one running along each side of the sternum , to continue after its bifurcation as the superior epigastric and musculophrenic arteries .
A list of veins in the human body: Veins of the heart. Coronary sinus. Great cardiac vein; Oblique vein of left atrium; Middle cardiac vein; Small cardiac vein; Pulmonary veins; Superior vena cava. Brachiocephalic vein. Inferior thyroid vein; Inferior laryngeal vein; Pericardial veins; Pericardiophrenic veins; Bronchial veins; Vertebral vein ...
Blood vessel Inferior epigastric vein Right inferior epigastric vein - view from inside of abdomen. The iliac veins. Details Drains from Superior epigastric vein Drains to External iliac vein Artery Inferior epigastric artery Identifiers Latin vena epigastrica inferior TA98 A12.3.10.025 TA2 5051 FMA 21162 Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] In human anatomy, inferior epigastric vein are ...
Older set of terminology shown in Parts of the Human Body: Posterior and Anterior View from the 1933 edition of Sir Henry Morris' Human Anatomy. Many of these terms are medical latin terms that have fallen into disuse. Front: Frons - forehead; Facies - face; Pectus - breast; Latus - flank; Coxa - hip; Genu - knee; Pes - foot; Back: Vertex ...
In the human body, the lateral thoracic artery (or external mammary artery) is a blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to approximately one-third of the lateral structures of the thorax and breast.
The Batson venous plexus (Batson veins) is a network of valveless veins in the human body that connect the deep pelvic veins and thoracic veins (draining the inferior end of the urinary bladder, breast and prostate) to the internal vertebral venous plexuses. [1]
Blood vessel Lateral thoracic vein The veins of the right axilla, viewed from in front. (Lateral thoracic vein not labeled but region is visible.) Details Drains to Axillary vein Artery Lateral thoracic artery Identifiers Latin vena thoracica lateralis TA98 A12.3.08.011 TA2 4971 FMA 71210 Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] The lateral thoracic vein (sometimes debatably referred to as ...