Inferior rectal veins
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Vein: Inferior rectal veins | ||
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Scheme of the anastomosis of the veins of the rectum | ||
Latin | venae rectales inferiores | |
Gray's | subject #173 676 | |
Drains from | Rectum | |
Artery | Inferior rectal artery | |
Dorlands/Elsevier | v_05/12851608 |
The lower part of the external hemorrhoidal plexus is drained by the inferior rectal veins (or inferior hemorrhoidal veins) into the internal pudendal vein.
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