Internal thoracic vein

System Cardiovascular
SNOMED CT 281056008

Internal thoracic vein

Definition

A vessel that drains the chest wall and breats and arises from the superior epigastric vein, accompanies the internal thoracic artery along its course and terminates in the brachiocephalic vein.

The Internal thoracic vein is a part of the Cardiovascular.

Also identified as