The azygos vein moves blood from your chest and abdomen to your heart. This important vein helps make sure your body gets the oxygen and nutrients it needs.

The azygos vein is a unilateral vessel that ascends in the right posterior mediastinum along the right border of the inferior eight thoracic vertebrae. In some ...

Apr 8, 2023 · The azygos vein receives the lower eight right-sided posterior intercostal veins, as well as the bronchial veins from the right lung. It is ...

The azygos vein is a vein running up the right side of the thoracic vertebral column draining itself towards the superior vena cava. It connects the systems ...

The azygos vein usually arises either from the lumbar azygos vein or from the posterior side of inferior vena cava around the level of renal veins. It passes ...

Apr 8, 2023 · The azygos vein is formed by the union of the right ascending lumbar vein and right subcostal veins at around the T12-L2 vertebral level. Course.

Aug 30, 2014 · The azygos vein originates at the junction of the right ascending lumbar and subcostal veins, entering the chest through the aortic hiatus. It ...

The azygos vein is an unpaired vein formed by the union of the right subcostal and ascending lumbar veins, posterior to the right crus of the respiratory ...

They are small plexiform veins closely associated with the ventral side of the lumbar vertebral bodies dorsal to the aorta and its lumbar segmental branches.