Superior gluteal veins

Superior gluteal veins
Vessels and nerves of gluteal region.
Details
Drains toPosterior division of internal iliac vein
ArterySuperior gluteal artery
Identifiers
Latinvenae glutaeae superiores
TA98A12.3.10.005
TA25025
FMA70907
Anatomical terminology

The superior gluteal veins (gluteal veins) are venæ comitantes of the superior gluteal artery. They receive tributaries from the buttock corresponding with the branches of the artery. They enter the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, superior to the piriformis. They drain into internal iliac vein (often uniting to drain as a single trunk).[1]

  1. ^ Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 674.