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Superior epigastric vein: anatomy, location and function

A vein of the upper abdominal wall draining into the internal thoracic vein. It drains the upper anterior abdominal wall.

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Highlighted in the model: Superior epigastric 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.

Superior epigastric vein at a glance

What it is
A vein of the upper abdominal wall draining into the internal thoracic vein.
Location
It runs with the superior epigastric artery and anastomoses with the inferior epigastric vein.
Function
It drains the upper anterior abdominal wall.
Body system
Cardiovascular · paired (left and right)
FMA ID
FMA4785 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)

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References

  1. Foundational Model of Anatomy: Superior epigastric vein (FMA4785). 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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