Median sacral vein | |
---|---|
![]() The iliac veins. | |
Details | |
Artery | Median sacral artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | vena sacralis mediana |
TA98 | A12.3.10.002 |
TA2 | 5022 |
FMA | 77168 |
Anatomical terminology |
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.
References
[edit] This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 677 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ 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.