Large blood vessel draining breasts and the chest wall
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
Drains from
Superior epigastric vein
Drains to
Brachiocephalic vein
Artery
Internal thoracic artery
Identifiers
Latin
vena thoracica interna
TA98
A12.3.04.018
TA2
4786
FMA
4729
Anatomical terminology
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In human anatomy, the internal thoracic vein (previously known as the internal mammary vein) is the vein that drains the chest wall and breasts.[1]
^Drake, Richard L.; Vogl, Wayne; Mitchell, Adam W. M.; Gray, Henry (2005). Gray's anatomy for students. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0-443-06612-4. OCLC 55139039.
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