intervertebral vein

Course

• one of numerous veins accompanying the spinal nerve through the intervertebral foramina

Tributaries

• spinal cord & vertebral venous plexuses

Empties into

• in the neck, into the vertebral vein;
• in the thorax, into the intercostal veins
• in the lumbar & sacral regions into the lumbar & sacral veins

More general terms

• vein