Internal thoracic vein This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Internal_thoracic_vein".
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.
Transverse section of thorax, showing relations of pulmonary artery.
