Internal thoracic vein

Vein: Internal thoracic vein
Veins of the thorax and abdomen. The internal thoracic veins drain into the brachiocephalic veins.]
Posterior surface of sternum and costal cartilages, showing Transversus thoracis. (Internal mammary vessels labeled at center top.)
Latin vena thoracica interna
Gray's subject #172 666
Source superior epigastric vein
Drains to brachiocephalic vein
Artery internal thoracic artery

In human anatomy, the internal thoracic vein (previously known as the internal mammary vein) is a vessel that drains the chest wall and mamma, a term used for breast in anatomy.

Bilaterally, it arises from the superior epigastric vein, accompanies the internal thoracic artery along its course and terminates in the brachiocephalic vein.

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Thorax
Right atrial veins · Right ventricular veins
right inferior pulmonary vein · right superior pulmonary vein · left inferior pulmonary vein · left superior pulmonary vein
Vertebral column
vertebral venous plexuses (external, internal) · spinal (posterior, anterior) · basivertebral · intervertebral

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