Intercostal veins

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The intercostal veins are a group of veins which drain the area between the ribs (“costae”), called the intercostal space.

There are three main groups:

• Supreme intercostal vein – 1st intercostal space
• Superior intercostal vein – 2nd, 3rd, and 4th intercostal spaces
• Posterior intercostal veins – all 11, on posterior wall