Median sacral vein

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The median sacral vein (or middle sacral veins) is a vein of the abdomen. It accompanies the median sacral artery along the front of the sacrum.[1] It ends in the left common iliac vein. Sometimes, it ends in the angle of junction of the two common iliac veins.

Median sacral vein
The iliac veins.
Details
ArteryMedian sacral artery
Identifiers
Latinvena sacralis mediana
TA98A12.3.10.002
TA25022
FMA77168
Anatomical terminology

References

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  This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 677 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. ^ Kostov, Stoyan; Slavchev, Stanislav; Dzhenkov, Deyan; Stoyanov, George; Dimitrov, Nikolay; Yordanov, Angel (1 January 2021). "Median sacral artery anterior to the left common iliac vein: From anatomy to clinical applications. A report of two cases". Translational Research in Anatomy. 22: 100101. doi:10.1016/j.tria.2020.100101. ISSN 2214-854X.
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