Posterior spinal veins

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

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
Details
Artery	Posterior spinal artery
Identifiers
Latin	venae spinales posteriores
TA98	A12.3.07.025
TA2	4946
FMA	70893
Anatomical terminology

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 669 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

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