Lateral sacral veins

Vein of the torso

Lateral sacral veins
The iliac veins.
Details
Drains to	Internal iliac vein
Artery	Lateral sacral arteries
Identifiers
Latin	venae sacrales laterales
TA98	A12.3.10.008
TA2	5028
FMA	70910
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The lateral sacral veins accompany the lateral sacral arteries on the anterior surface of the sacrum. They drain into the internal iliac vein.^[1] They communicate with each other via the sacral venous plexus.^[2]

Additional images

Iliopelvic glands (lateral view).

References

^ Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 676.
^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 1251. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Veins of the abdomen and pelvis

To azygos system

ascending lumbar
- subcostal

IVC
(Systemic)

To IVC or left renal vein

inferior phrenic
hepatic
- central veins of liver
- liver sinusoid
suprarenal
renal
gonadal
- ovarian ♀/testicular ♂
- pampiniform plexus ♂
lumbar
common iliac

Common iliac

Unpaired

median sacral vein

Internal iliac

posterior:	iliolumbar superior gluteal lateral sacral
anterior:	inferior gluteal obturator uterine ♀ uterine plexus ♀ vesical vesical plexus prostatic plexus ♂ deep of penis ♂/clitoris ♀ posterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀ vaginal plexus/vein ♀ middle rectal internal pudendal inferior rectal bulb of penis ♂/vestibule ♀ rectal plexus

External iliac

Portal vein
(Portal)

Splenic	short gastric left gastroepiploic pancreatic inferior mesenteric superior rectal left colic
Superior mesenteric	right gastroepiploic pancreaticoduodenal jejunal ileal middle colic right colic ileocolic appendicular
Direct	cystic left gastric/esophageal right gastric paraumbilical