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vena comitans
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vena comitans
pl. venae comites,
one of the deep paired veins that accompany the smaller arteries on each side of the artery. The three vessels are wrapped together in one sheath. Some of the arteries accompanied by such venous pairs are the brachial, the ulnar, and the tibial.


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The pleura and transverse thoracic muscle were retracted posteriorly to display the venae comitantes and the ITA.
The effects of internal thoracic artery preparation with intact ... by Ozkara, Ahmet; Hatemi, Alican; Mert, Murat; Koner, Ozge; Cetin, Gurkan; Gursoy, Mete; Celebi, Serdar / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
The distal ends of the thoracodorsal vessels, close to the origin of the muscle, are ligated and dissected toward the axilla, being careful not to damage the delicate venae comitantes that accompany the perforating artery.
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