Radicular veins

Radicular veins
Radicular 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
Details
Artery	Radicular artery
Identifiers
Latin	venae radiculares
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Radicular veins (or segmental medullary veins^{[citation needed]}) are segmental veins providing venous drainage of the spinal cord and canal. They communicate with anterior and posterior spinal veins as well as epidural venous plexus. They exit the spinal canal through the intervertebral foramina, accompaning the corresponding of radicular arteries.^[1]

References[edit]

^ Patestas, Maria A.; Gartner, Leslie P. (2016). A Textbook of Neuroanatomy (2nd ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-118-67746-9.

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