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Subcostal vein: anatomy, location and function

A vein accompanying the subcostal artery. It drains the upper abdominal wall.

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Highlighted in the model: Subcostal vein. Click any part to read about it, or switch off “Highlight topic” to see the whole body. 3D data: BodyParts3D, © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0; meshes simplified and recoloured. The model is an adult male.

Subcostal vein at a glance

What it is
A vein accompanying the subcostal artery.
Location
It runs below the twelfth rib and drains into the azygos vein on the right or the hemiazygos vein on the left.
Function
It drains the upper abdominal wall.
Body system
Cardiovascular · paired (left and right)
FMA ID
FMA4951 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)

Structures next to the subcostal vein

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References

  1. Foundational Model of Anatomy: Subcostal vein (FMA4951). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
  2. OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §20.1 Structure and Function of Blood Vessels. Rice University, 2022.
  3. Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.

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