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Definition of Intercostal vein
1. Noun. Several veins draining the intercostal spaces of the rib cage.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intercostal Vein
Literary usage of Intercostal vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The highest intercostal vein, ie, from the first space, opens directly into the
corresponding vertebral or innominate vein. The Superior Vena Cava receives ..."
2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The highest intercostal vein, from the first or highest space, joins the right
innominate vein (sometimes the vertebral vein), in the neck. 2. ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The highest intercostal vein (r. ... the upper three or four of these latter
opening by a common stem, the highest superior intercostal vein. ..."
4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1908)
"The intercostal vein of the first or highest space joins the right innominate
vein (sometimes ... The common trunk is termed the superior intercostal vein. ..."
5. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1899)
"In the female case the four vessels were the vena azygos minor superior, the vena
azygos minor inferior, the seventh left intercostal vein, and the eighth ..."
6. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"The intercostal vein of the first or highest space has the same termination as
the corresponding vein of the right side. It joins the left innominate vein ..."
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