Superior epigastric vein

In human anatomy, superior epigastric vein refers to a blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood and drains into the internal thoracic vein. It anastomoses with the inferior epigastric vein at the level of the umbilicus and drains the anterior part of the abdominal wall and some of the diaphragm.

Superior epigastric vein
Superior epigastric artery, internal thoracic artery and inferior epigastric artery. (Superior epigastric artery is labeled at right center, and superior epigastric vein runs with it.)
Details
Drains from	abdominal wall and some of the diaphragm
Drains to	internal thoracic vein
Artery	superior epigastric artery
Identifiers
Latin	venae epigastricae superiores
TA	A12.3.04.019
FMA	70836
Anatomical terminology

Along its course, it is accompanied by a similarly named artery, the superior epigastric artery.