Intercostal veins
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Template:Short description Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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:
- Anterior intercostal veins
- Posterior intercostal veins
- Posterior intercost vein that drain into the Supreme intercostal vein - 1st intercostal space
- Posterior intercost veins that drain into the Superior intercostal vein - 2nd, 3rd, and 4th intercostal spaces. The superior intercostal vein then drains into the Azygous vein.
- Posterior intercost veins that drain directly into the Azygous vein - in spaces 5–11.
- Subcostal vein—below bottom (12th) rib and also drains into the Azygous vein.
See also
External links
- Atlas image: abdo_wall70 at the University of Michigan Health System
- http://www.instantanatomy.net/thorax/vessels/vinsuperiormediastinum.html