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(Netter Basic Science) Frank H. Netter - Atlas of Human Anatomy-Elsevier (2018)

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Veins of Internal Thoracic Wall

See also Plates 234, 241, 259

Superior thoracic aperture

1st rib

Right brachiocephalic vein

Left brachiocephalic vein

Right superior

intercostal vein

Superior vena cava

Posterior intercostal

vein

Azygos vein

Accessory

hemiazygos vein

Internal thoracic

veins

Body of sternum

Hemiazygos vein

Anterior perforating

veins

Anterior intercostal

vein

Superior epigastric

veins

Inferior to the respiratory diaphragm, the

azygos and hemiazygos veins have connections

with the ascending lumbar and/or the subcostal

veins. The azygos vein may also arise from the

inferior vena cava and the hemiazygos vein

from the left renal vein.

Plate 198

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Body Wall

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