English Explanatory Dictionary

Batson venous plexus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A network of valveless veins in the human body, connecting the deep pelvic veins and thoracic veins (draining the inferior end of the urinary bladder, breast, and prostate) to the internal vertebral venous plexuses.

Word forms

Batson venous plexus

Etymology

Named after anatomist Oscar Vivian Batson, who first described it in 1940.

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