Posterior spinal veins

Posterior spinal veins

1: Posterior spinal vein
2: Anterior spinal vein
3: Posterolateral spinal vein
4: Radicular (or segmental medullary) vein
5: Posterior spinal arteries
6: Anterior spinal artery
7: Radicular (or segmental medullary) artery
Details
Artery Posterior spinal artery
Identifiers
Latin Venae spinales posteriores
TA A12.3.07.025
FMA 70893

Anatomical terminology

Posterior spinal veins are small veins which receive blood from the dorsal spinal cord.

References

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


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