Diagram showing completion of development of the parietal veins (accessory hemiazygos vein visible at center-left)
The venae cavae and azygos veins, with their tributaries
Details
Drains to
Hemiazygos vein, azygos vein
Identifiers
Latin
vena hemiazygos accessoria, vena azygos minor superior
TA98
A12.3.07.005
TA2
4758
FMA
5011
Anatomical terminology
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The accessory hemiazygos vein, also called the superior hemiazygous vein,[1] is a vein on the left side of the vertebral column that generally drains the fourth through eighth intercostal spaces on the left side of the body.[2]
^Blackmon JM, Franco A (July 2011). "Normal variants of the accessory hemiazygos vein". The British Journal of Radiology. 84 (1003): 659–60. doi:10.1259/bjr/13695502. PMC 3473485. PMID 21697414.
^Dahran N, Soames R (September 2016). "Anatomical Variations of the Azygos Venous System: Classification and Clinical Relevance". International Journal of Morphology. 34 (3): 1128–36. doi:10.4067/S0717-95022016000300051.
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