Thoracoepigastric Vein (Noun)
Meaning
A vein arising from the region of the superficial epigastric vein and opening into the axillary vein or thoracic vein.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The thoracoepigastric vein plays a significant role in the vascular system, connecting the superficial epigastric and axillary veins.
- It arises in the region of the superficial epigastric vein as a communication between the axillary vein and the inferior vena cava.
- An anatomical study on the veins in the abdominal wall concluded that the thoracoepigastric vein usually accompanies anastomoses between the axillary and superficial epigastric veins.
- Through various tributaries and anastomoses, the thoracoepigastric vein supplies and intercommunicates blood from the entire upper anterior abdominal wall with the axillary vein.
- Embryologists observed that in lower mammals, the thoracoepigastric vein usually shows more rapid development, connecting several segments and the larger axillary vein.