Middle rectal veins

Middle rectal veins

Scheme of the anastomosis of the veins of the rectum
Details
Drains from rectum
Drains to internal iliac vein
Artery middle rectal artery
Identifiers
Latin venae rectales mediae
Dorlands
/Elsevier
v_05/12851614
TA A12.3.10.018
FMA 70912

Anatomical terminology

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 internal iliac vein. Veins superior to the middle rectal vein in the colon and rectum drain via the portal system to the liver. Veins inferior, and including, the middle rectal vein drain into systemic circulation and are returned to the heart, bypassing the liver.

References

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



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