“venous plexus”

The following 2 entries include the term venous plexus.

rectal venous plexus

noun

: a plexus of veins that surrounds the rectum and empties especially into the rectal veins

vesical venous plexus

noun

: a plexus of veins surrounding the neck of the bladder and the base of the prostate gland and draining eventually into the internal iliac vein


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