Lateral thoracic vein
Large blood vessel
Lateral thoracic vein | |
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The veins of the right axilla, viewed from in front. (Lateral thoracic vein not labeled but region is visible.) | |
Details | |
Drains to | axillary vein |
Artery | lateral thoracic artery |
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Latin | vena thoracica lateralis |
TA98 | A12.3.08.011 |
TA2 | 4971 |
FMA | 71210 |
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] |
The lateral thoracic vein (sometimes debatably referred to as the long thoracic vein) is a tributary of the axillary vein. It runs with the lateral thoracic artery and drains the Serratus anterior muscle and the Pectoralis major muscle.
Normally, the thoracoepigastric vein exists between this vein and superficial epigastric vein (a tributary of femoral vein), to act as a shunt for blood if the portal system (through the liver) develops hypertension or a blockage.
External links
- Atlas image: abdo_wall76 at the University of Michigan Health System - "Venous Drainage of the Anterior Abdominal Wall"
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Veins of the thorax and vertebral column
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superior vena cava |
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- vertebral venous plexuses
- spinal
- basivertebral
- intervertebral
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