Intercostal veins
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The intercostal veins are a group of veins which drain the area between the ribs ("costae"), called the intercostal space
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They can be divided as follows:
Intercostal space
The intercostal space is the space between two ribs . Since there are 12 ribs on each side, there are 11 intercostal spaces, each numbered for the rib superior to it.-Structures in intercostal space:* several kinds of intercostal muscle...
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They can be divided as follows:
- Anterior intercostal veinsAnterior intercostal veinsThe anterior intercostal veins are the veins which drain the anterior intercostal space.-External links:* http://www.informatics.jax.org/cookbook/figures/figure96.shtml...
- Posterior intercostal veinsPosterior intercostal veinsThe posterior intercostal veins are veins that drain the intercostal spaces posteriorly. They run with their corresponding posterior intercostal artery on the underside of the rib, the vein superior to the artery. Each vein also gives off a dorsal branch that drains blood from the muscles of the...
- Supreme intercostal veinSupreme intercostal veinThe supreme intercostal vein is a paired vein that drains the first intercostal space on its corresponding side.It usually drains into the brachiocephalic vein...
- 1st intercostal space - Superior intercostal veinSuperior intercostal veinThe superior intercostal veins are two veins that drain the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th intercostal spaces, one vein for each side of the body.-Right superior intercostal vein:...
- 2nd, 3rd, and 4th intercostal spaces - No name for veins in spaces 5-11
- Subcostal veinSubcostal veinThe 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....
-- below bottom rib
- Supreme intercostal vein
External links
- http://www.instantanatomy.net/thorax/vessels/vinsuperiormediastinum.html