Internal thoracic vein

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

In human anatomy, the internal thoracic vein (previously known as the internal mammary vein) is a vessel that drains the chest wall and mamma, a term used for breast in anatomy.

Bilaterally, it arises from the superior epigastric vein, accompanies the internal thoracic artery along its course and terminates in the brachiocephalic vein.

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  Transverse section of thorax, showing relations of pulmonary artery.

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