External vertebral venous plexuses

The external vertebral venous plexuses (extraspinal veins) best marked in the cervical region, consist of anterior and posterior plexuses which anastomose freely with each other.

External vertebral venous plexuses
Transverse section of a thoracic vertebra, showing the vertebral venous plexuses.
Median sagittal section of two thoracic vertebrae, showing the vertebral venous plexuses.
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Identifiers
Latinplexus venosi vertebrales externi
TAA12.3.07.019
A12.3.07.020
FMA12851
Anatomical terminology

They are best developed in the cervical region, and there anastomose with the vertebral, occipital, and deep cervical veins.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 668 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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