Inferior gluteal veins

Inferior gluteal veins

Vessels and nerves of gluteal region.
Details
Drains to anterior division of internal iliac vein
Artery inferior gluteal artery
Identifiers
Latin Venae glutaeae inferiores
TA A12.3.10.006
FMA 70908

Anatomical terminology

The Inferior Gluteal Veins (sciatic veins), or venæ comitantes of the inferior gluteal artery, begin on the upper part of the back of the thigh, where they anastomose with the medial femoral circumflex and first perforating veins.

They enter the pelvis through the lower part of the greater sciatic foramen and join to form a single stem which opens into the lower part of the internal iliac vein.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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