Inferior gluteal veins

The inferior gluteal veins (sciatic veins), or venae 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.

Inferior gluteal veins
Vessels and nerves of gluteal region.
Details
Drains toanterior division of internal iliac vein
Arteryinferior gluteal artery
Identifiers
LatinVenae glutaeae inferiores
TA98A12.3.10.006
TA25026
FMA70908
Anatomical terminology

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 page 674 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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