Subcostal vein

Subcostal vein
Details
Drains toAscending lumbar vein
ArterySubcostal artery
Identifiers
Latinvena subcostalis
TA98A12.3.07.013
TA24756, 4770
FMA12845
Anatomical terminology

The subcostal vein is a vein in the human body that runs along the bottom of the twelfth rib. It has the same essential qualities as the posterior intercostal veins, except that it cannot be considered intercostal because it is not between two ribs.

Each subcostal vein gives off a posterior (dorsal) branch which has a similar distribution to the posterior ramus of an intercostal artery.