Wikipedia:
intercostal veins
The intercostal veins are a group of veins which drain the area between the ribs
("costae"), called the intercostal space.
They can be divided as follows:
See also
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Veins of the torso |
| Coronary |
coronary sinus
(great cardiac, left marginal,
small cardiac, middle cardiac,
posterior of the left ventricle, oblique of the left atrium) • anterior
cardiac (right marginal) • pulmonary |
Thorax/
SVC |
brachiocephalic: inferior thyroid -
thymic - internal thoracic
(anterior intercostal, superior
epigastric) - left superior intercostal - supreme - vertebral - internal jugular - subclavian (axillary: lateral thoracic, thoracoepigastric) - pericardiacophrenic
azygos: right superior intercostal
- bronchial - intercostal/posterior intercostal 5-11 - accessory
hemiazygos/hemiazygos - superior
phrenic |
| Vertebral
column |
vertebral venous plexuses (external, internal) • spinal (posterior, anterior) • basivertebral • intervertebral |
Abdomen/
IVC |
to IVC on right and left:
renal - hepatic - lumbar
to IVC on right, renal vein on left: inferior phrenic - suprarenal - ovarian/testicular (pampiniform plexus)
to azygos system: ascending lumbar (subcostal) |
| Pelvis/common iliac |
external
iliac: inferior epigastric - deep circumflex iliac vein
internal iliac: inferior
gluteal - superior gluteal - median
sacral vein - lateral sacral - obturator - internal pudendal (inferior rectal) - vesical venous plexus -
prostatic venous plexus - deep
of penis - vaginal venous plexus - uterine venous plexus - middle rectal -
hemorrhoidal |
Portal system/
portal vein |
splenic: short gastric - left gastroepiploic - pancreatic - inferior mesenteric (superior rectal,
left colic)
superior mesenteric: right gastroepiploic - pancreaticoduodenal
- middle colic - right colic -
ileocolic (appendicular)
direct (cystic, left gastric,
right gastric, paraumbilical) |
| fetal |
ductus venosus •
umbilical |
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