Posterior spinal veins

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Vein: Posterior spinal veins
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1: posterior spinal vein
2: anterior spinal vein
3: posterolateral spinal vein
4: radicular (or segmental medullary) vein
5: posterior spinal arteries
6: anterior spinal artery
7: radicular (or segmental medullary) artery
Latin venae spinales posteriores
Gray's subject #172 669
Artery posterior spinal artery

Posterior spinal veins are small veins which receive blood from the dorsal spinal cord.

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