Superior gluteal veins

Superior gluteal veins
Vessels and nerves of gluteal region.
Details
Drains toPosterior division of internal iliac vein
ArterySuperior gluteal artery
Identifiers
Latinvenae glutaeae superiores
TA98A12.3.10.005
TA25025
FMA70907
Anatomical terminology
[edit on Wikidata]

The superior gluteal veins (gluteal veins) are venæ comitantes of the superior gluteal artery. They receive tributaries from the buttock corresponding with the branches of the artery. They enter the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, superior to the piriformis. They drain into internal iliac vein (often uniting to drain as a single trunk).[1]

References

  1. ^ Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 674.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Veins of the abdomen and pelvis
To azygos system
IVC
(Systemic)
To IVC or left renal vein
Common iliac
Unpaired
Internal iliac
posterior:
anterior:
External iliac
Portal vein
(Portal)
Splenic
Superior mesenteric
Direct
Portal:
  • icon Anatomy
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
  • Terminologia Anatomica


Stub icon

This cardiovascular system article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e