Superior gluteal veins

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Vein: Superior gluteal veins
Left Levator ani from within.
Latin	venae gluteae superiores
Gray's	subject #173 674
Drains to	posterior division of internal iliac vein
Artery	Superior gluteal artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	v_05/12850461

The Superior Gluteal Veins (gluteal veins) are venæ comitantes of the superior gluteal artery; they receive tributaries from the buttock corresponding with the branches of the artery, and enter the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, above the Piriformis, and frequently unite before ending in the hypogastric vein (internal iliac vein).

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