Posterior spinal veins

Vein: Posterior spinal veins
1: posterior spinal vein 2: anterior spinal vein 3: posterolateral spinal vein 4: radicular (or segmental medullary) vein 5: posterior spinal arteries 6: anterior spinal artery 7: radicular (or segmental medullary) artery
Latin	venae spinales posteriores
Gray's	subject #172 669
Artery	posterior spinal artery

Posterior spinal veins are small veins which receive blood from the dorsal spinal cord.

[edit] External links

• http://sci.rutgers.edu/index.php?page=viewarticle&afile=10_January_2002@SCIschemia.html

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