Lumbar veins

Lumbar veins
The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Third lumbar labeled at center top.)
Details
Drains to	Inferior vena cava
Artery	Lumbar arteries
Identifiers
Latin	venae lumbales
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12850858
TA	A12.3.07.012 A12.3.09.003
FMA	70889
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The lumbar veins are veins running along the inside of the posterior abdominal wall. They are the lumbar equivalent of the posterior intercostal veins.

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

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

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Lumbar veins

See also