Median sacral vein

Median sacral vein
Vein: Median sacral vein
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The iliac veins.
Latin vena sacralis mediana
Gray's subject #173 677
Artery Median sacral artery

The median sacral vein (or middle sacral veins) accompanies the corresponding artery along the front of the sacrum, and joins to form a single vein, which ends in the left common iliac vein; sometimes in the angle of junction of the two iliac veins.

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