Costoaxillary Vein (Noun)
Meaning
One of several veins connecting intercostal veins with the lateral thoracic vein or the thoracoepigastric vein.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The costoaxillary vein receives blood from the upper three or four intercostal veins on the right side of the thoracic cavity.
- It acts as a shunt for the venous blood in case the axillary vein becomes compressed.
- This is achieved by creating a network between the superior intercostal veins, azygos system and costoaxillary veins.
- Its diameter ranges between 5 to 9 millimeters which might affect blood pressure inside it as an intermediate link.
- Furthermore, studies revealed higher flows were more concentrated at higher flows when connecting into superior and inferior azygos through superior and costoaxillary vein and this suggested enhanced diastolic emptying to pulmonary through internal and azygos circulation and collateral communications