Prostatic venous plexus
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| Prostatic venous plexus | |
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| File:Gray585.png The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Prostatic plexus labeled at bottom right.) | |
| Details | |
| Drains from | Prostate |
| Source | Deep dorsal vein of the penis |
| Drains to | Vesical venous plexus and pudendal plexus |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | plexus venosus prostaticus |
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| Anatomical terminology [[[d:Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 865: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|edit on Wikidata]]] | |
The prostatic veins form a well-marked prostatic plexus which lies partly in the fascial sheath of the prostate and partly between the sheath and the prostatic capsule.[citation needed] It collects blood from the prostate, and (via the v. dorsalis profunda clitoridis) the corpora cavernosa of penis.[1] It communicates with the pudendal and vesical plexuses.[citation needed]
It is sometimes known as "Santorini's plexus", named for the Italian anatomist Giovanni Domenico Santorini.
Clinical significance
[edit | edit source]The prostatic venous plexus drains into the internal iliac vein which in turn connects with the vertebral venous plexus; this is thought to be the route of bone metastasis of prostate cancer.[2]
References
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
[edit | edit source]- Anatomy photo:44:05-0103 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Male Pelvis: The Prostate Gland"
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