ascending lumbar vein

The ascending lumbar vein is a paired structure which forms a part of the venous drainage of the lumbar vertebral column.

Summary

• location: near midline on the side of the vertebral column in the lumbar region
• origin and termination: continuation of the lateral sacral veins; joins the subcostal vein to form the azygos and hemiazygos veins
• tributaries and drainage: lumbar veins, draining the lumbar spinal column
• relations: psoas major muscle anteriorly, lumbar transverse processes posteriorly

Siehe auch:

• ascending lumbar communicant vein

und weiter:

• Vena lumbalis