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Venous plexus

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Congregation of multiple veins Blood vessel network
Venous plexus
The veins of the right half of the male pelvis.
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Identifiers
Latinrete venosum
plexus venosus
TA98A12.0.00.011
A12.0.00.015
TA23926
FMA4767
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

In vertebrates, a venous plexus is a normal congregation anywhere in the body of multiple veins.

A list of venous plexuses:

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2014)

References

  1. Drake, Richard; Vogl, A. Wayne; Mitchell, Adam W. M. (2008). Dorland's/Gray's Pocket Atlas of Anatomy E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 26. ISBN 9781455703814.
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