highest intercostal vein

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A vein that drains the first intercostal space into either the vertebral vein or the brachiocephalic vein.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

Rather than downing a handful of pills, I planned to take my life by opening a vein in each wrist.
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How to Train Your Dragon 2, the tenth highest grossing movie in 2014 America, made $22 million at the Korean box office.
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But even they should see the marches as expressions of our best and highest ideals.
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The highest number of deaths came from Malaysian workers, of which 42,000 out of 75,000 died.
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Michigan supposedly offered 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh a $42 million contract, which would him the highest-paid coach in the NCAA.
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The whole aim is to secure the development of character by the expression of the highest elements of character.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
We would classify these two departments in this way, though in the highest dramatic work elements of both phases are combined.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
After breakfast I hurried off to the station, where I met the others, everybody being in the highest spirits.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The country is undulating and beautiful, mainly devoted to Grass, Wheat and Wood, and in the very highest condition.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The clerical staff in all the offices had combined and presented a petition in the highest quarter.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow