Venous plexus of hypoglossal canal

Venous plexus of hypoglossal canal
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Identifiers
Latin plexus venosus canalis nervi hypoglossi
TA A12.3.05.306
FMA 50795

Anatomical terminology

The venous plexus of hypoglossal canal (TA)[Note 1] also known as plexus venosus canalis nervi hypoglossi (TA), circellus venosus hypoglossi and rete canalis hypoglossi[2] is a small venous plexus around the hypoglossal nerve that connects with the occipital sinus, the inferior petrosal sinus and the internal jugular vein.[2] Occasionally, it may be a single vein rather than a venous plexus.[3]

Notes

  1. (TA) denotes this is the official international terminology as listed in the Terminologia Anatomica.[1]

References

  1. Federative Committee of Anatomical Terminology (FCAT) (1998). Terminologia anatomica. Thieme. p. 94. ISBN 3131143614. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Medical dictionary: definition of venus plexus of hypoglossal canal". medilexicon.com. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  3. Elliott L. Mancall; David G. Brock, eds. (2011). Gray's Clinical Neuroanatomy: The Anatomic Basis for Clinical Neuroscience. Saunders (Elsevier). p. 76. Retrieved 7 March 2014.


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