Internal vertebral venous plexuses
- Internal vertebral venous plexuses
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Latin = plexus venosi vertebrales interni
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Caption = Transverse section of a thoracic vertebra, showing the vertebral venous plexuses.
Caption2 = Median sagittal section of two thoracic vertebrae, showing the vertebral venous plexuses.
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The internal vertebral venous plexuses (intraspinal veins) lie within the vertebral canal between the dura mater and the vertebrae, and receive tributaries from the bones and from the medulla spinalis.
They form a closer network than the external plexuses, and, running mainly in a vertical direction, form four longitudinal veins, two in front and two behind; they therefore may be divided into anterior and posterior groups.
* The "anterior internal plexuses" consist of large veins which lie on the posterior surfaces of the vertebral bodies and intervertebral fibrocartilages on either side of the posterior longitudinal ligament; under cover of this ligament they are connected by transverse branches into which the basivertebral veins open.
* The "posterior internal plexuses" are placed, one on either side of the middle line in front of the vertebral arches and ligamenta flava, and anastomose by veins passing through those ligaments with the posterior external plexuses.
The anterior and posterior plexuses communicate freely with one another by a series of venous rings (retia venosa vertebrarum), one opposite each vertebra.
Around the foramen magnum they form an intricate network which opens into the vertebral veins and is connected above with the occipital sinus, the basilar plexus, the condyloid emissary vein, and the rete canalis hypoglossi.
External links
* - "Venous Drainage of the Vertebral Column"
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