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superior epigastric vein

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007155

A vein that drains into the internal thoracic vein, anastomosing 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. Along its course, it is accompanied by a similarly named artery, the superior epigastric artery. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_epigastric_vein ]

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human_reference_atlas

has related synonym

venae epigastricae superiores

id

UBERON:0007155

prefLabel

Superior epigastric vein

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

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