Prostatic venous plexus
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| Prostatic venous plexus | |
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The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Prostatic plexus labeled at bottom right.)
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| Latin | plexus venosus prostaticus |
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Drains from
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Prostate |
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Source
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Deep dorsal vein of the penis |
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Drains to
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Vesical venous plexus and Pudendal plexus |
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| Dorlands /Elsevier |
p_24/12648652 |
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| TH | {{#property:P1694}} |
| TE | {{#property:P1693}} |
| FMA | {{#property:P1402}} |
| Anatomical terminology
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The prostatic veins form a well-marked prostatic plexus which lies partly in the fascial sheath of the prostate and partly between the sheath and the prostatic capsule. It communicates with the pudendal and vesical plexuses.
The prostatic venous plexus drains into the internal iliac vein which connects with the vertebral venous plexus, this is thought to be the route of bone metastasis of prostate cancer.[1]
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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External links
- Anatomy photo:44:05-0103 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Male Pelvis: The Prostate Gland"
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