Internal thoracic 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.)
Details
Latin vena thoracica interna
Source
 superior epigastric vein
Drains to
 brachiocephalic vein
internal thoracic artery
Identifiers
Gray's p.666
Dorlands
/Elsevier		 v_05/12852014
TA A12.3.04.018
FMA 70835
Anatomical terminology

In human anatomy, the internal thoracic vein (previously known as the internal mammary vein) is a vessel that drains the chest wall and breasts.

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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