Supreme intercostal vein
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| Vein: Supreme intercostal vein | |
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| Intercostal spaces, viewed from the left. (Highest intercostal vein labeled at upper right.) | |
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| The venæ cavæ and azygos veins, with their tributaries. (Highest intercostal labeled, very faintly, written vertically, to the right of the aortic arch.) | |
| Latin | vena intercostalis suprema |
| Gray's | subject #172 666 |
| Drains to | brachiocephalic vein |
| Artery | intercostal arteries |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
v_05/12850652 |
The supreme intercostal vein (highest intercostal vein) is a paired vein that drains the first intercostal space on its corresponding side.
It usually drains into the brachiocephalic vein.[1] It can also drain into the superior intercostal vein, or the vertebral vein of its corresponding side.
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[edit] Clinical significance
This vein does not have valves, this is an important point when it comes to spread of cancerous secondaries.
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 Diagram showing completion of development of the parietal veins. |
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