Inferior rectal veins

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Vein: Inferior rectal veins
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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