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| Vein: Middle rectal veins | |
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| Scheme of the anastomosis of the veins of the rectum | |
| Latin | venae rectales mediae |
| Gray's | subject #173 676 |
| Drains from | rectum |
| Drains to | internal iliac vein |
| Artery | middle rectal artery |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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The middle rectal veins (or middle hemorrhoidal vein) take origin in the hemorrhoidal plexus and receive tributaries from the bladder, prostate, and seminal vesicle.
They run lateralward on the pelvic surface of the Levator ani to end in the hypogastric vein.
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