The subcostal vein is a
vein
Veins () are blood vessels in the circulatory system of humans and most other animals that carry blood towards the heart. Most veins carry deoxygenated blood from the tissues back to the heart; exceptions are those of the pulmonary and feta ...
in the human body that runs along the bottom of the
twelfth rib. It has the same essential qualities as the
posterior intercostal veins
The posterior intercostal veins are veins that drain the intercostal spaces posteriorly. They run with their corresponding posterior intercostal artery on the underside of the rib, the vein superior to the artery. Each vein also gives off a dors ...
, except that it cannot be considered ''intercostal'' because it is not between two ribs.
Each subcostal vein gives off a posterior (dorsal) branch which has a similar distribution to the posterior ramus of an intercostal artery.
See also
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Subcostal nerve
The subcostal nerve (anterior division of the twelfth thoracic nerve) is a mixed motor and sensory nerve contributing to the lumbar plexus. It runs along the lower border of the twelfth rib, often gives a communicating branch to the first lumbar ...
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Subcostal artery
References
External links
* http://www.instantanatomy.net/thorax/vessels/vinsuperiormediastinum.html
Thoracic veins
Veins of the torso
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