Lateral sacral veins

Vein: Lateral sacral veins

The iliac veins.
Latin	venae sacrales laterales
Gray's	subject #173 676
Drains to	internal iliac vein
Artery	lateral sacral arteries

The lateral sacral veins accompany the lateral sacral arteries on the anterior surface of the sacrum and end in the hypogastric vein.

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Lateral+sacral+veins at eMedicine Dictionary

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

Veins of the abdomen and pelvis (TA A12.3.09–10, 12, GA 7.672)

To azygos system

ascending lumbar (subcostal)

IVC
(Systemic)

To IVC or left renal vein

inferior phrenic · hepatic (central veins of liver, liver sinusoid) · suprarenal · renal · gonadal (ovarian ♀/testicular ♂, pampiniform plexus ♂) · lumbar · common iliac

Common iliac

Unpaired	median sacral vein

Internal iliac	posterior: iliolumbar · superior gluteal · lateral sacral anterior: inferior gluteal · obturator · uterine ♀ (uterine plexus ♀) · vesical (vesical plexus, prostatic plexus ♂, deep of penis ♂/clitoris ♀, posterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀) · vaginal plexus/vein ♀ · middle rectal · internal pudendal (inferior rectal, bulb of penis ♂/vestibule ♀) · rectal plexus

External iliac	inferior epigastric · deep circumflex iliac vein

Portal vein
(Portal)

Splenic	short gastric · left gastroepiploic · pancreatic · inferior mesenteric (superior rectal, left colic)

Superior mesenteric	right gastroepiploic · pancreaticoduodenal · jejunal · ileal · middle colic · right colic · ileocolic (appendicular)

Direct	cystic · left gastric/esophageal · right gastric · paraumbilical

M: VAS

anat(a:h/u/t/a/l,v:h/u/t/a/l)/phys/devp/cell/prot

noco/syva/cong/lyvd/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(C2s+n/3/4/5/7/8/9)