Median sacral vein at a glance
- What it is
- A small vein that drains the sacrum and coccyx region.
- Location
- It accompanies the median sacral artery along the front of the sacrum and usually empties into the left common iliac vein.
- Function
- It drains the sacral and coccygeal region and posterior pelvis.
- Body system
- Cardiovascular · single, midline structure
- FMA ID
- FMA77168 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Structures next to the median sacral vein
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Superior rectal artery · cardiovascular
- Superior rectal vein · cardiovascular
- Sacrum · skeletal
- Internal iliac vein · cardiovascular
- Internal iliac artery · cardiovascular
- Superior gluteal vein · cardiovascular
- Obturator vein · cardiovascular
- Intervertebral disk of fifth lumbar vertebra · skeletal
- External iliac vein · cardiovascular
- Rectum · digestive
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Median sacral vein (FMA77168). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §20.1 Structure and Function of Blood Vessels. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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