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External vertebral venous plexuses

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External vertebral venous plexuses
Transverse section of a thoracic vertebra, showing the vertebral venous plexuses.
Median sagittal section of two thoracic vertebrae, showing the vertebral venous plexuses.
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Identifiers
Latinplexus venosi vertebrales externi
TA98A12.3.07.019
A12.3.07.020
TA24951, 4952
FMA12851
Anatomical terminology

The external vertebral venous plexuses (extraspinal veins) best marked in the cervical region, consist of anterior and posterior plexuses which anastomose freely with each other.

They are best developed in the cervical region, and there anastomose with the vertebral, occipital, and deep cervical veins.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 668 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)