Subcostal vein

Subcostal vein

Infobox Vein
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Latin = vena subcostalis
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DrainsTo = ascending lumbar vein
Artery = subcostal artery
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DorlandsPre = v_05
DorlandsSuf = 12851797
The subcostal vein is a vein in the human body that runs along the bottom of the twelfth rib. It has the same essential qualities as the posterior intercostal veins, except that it cannot be considered "intercostal" because it is not between two ribs.

Each subcostal vein gives off a posterior (dorsal) branch which has a similar distribution to the posterior ramus of an intercostal artery.

ee also

* subcostal nerve
* subcostal artery

External links

* http://www.instantanatomy.net/thorax/vessels/vinsuperiormediastinum.html


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