superior epigastric vein


Also found in: Wikipedia.

superior epigastric vein

n.
Any of the accompanying veins of the superior epigastric artery that are tributaries of the internal thoracic vein.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
There were varicose veins in both lower limbs, more marked on the right, and tortuous distended superficial inferior and superior epigastric veins on the trunk The direction of flow in the latter was cephalad.
Varicose veins: look before you strip--the occluded inferior vena cava and other lurking pathologies

Medical browser ?
Full browser ?