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internal thoracic vein; internal mammary vein
A tributary of the brachiocephalic vein accompanying the internal thoracic artery on either side. At the level of the 2nd costal cartilage the vein bifurcates (vena comitantes), each branch extending inferiorly on either side of the artery.
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References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
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