Median sacral vein

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Vein: Median sacral vein
The iliac veins.
Latin	vena sacralis mediana
Gray's	subject #173 677
Artery	Median sacral artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	v_05/12851660

The median sacral vein (or middle sacral veins) accompany the corresponding artery along the front of the sacrum, and join to form a single vein, which ends in the left common iliac vein; sometimes in the angle of junction of the two iliac veins.

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