Chapter 21, Problem 21.3.10AYLO

Summary Introduction

To write:

About the location of azygos, hemiazygos, and accessory hemiazygos veins; the other veins that drain into this system and where this system flows next.

Introduction:

The collective terms of azygos, hemiazygos and accessory hemiazygos are azygos system or in other words, venous system. Its function is to provide drainage to the thoracic wall and upper lumbar region through the posterior intercostal veins and lumbar veins.