Prostatic venous plexus

Prostatic venous plexus
The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Prostatic plexus labeled at bottom right.)
Details
Drains fromProstate
SourceDeep dorsal vein of the penis
Drains toVesical venous plexus and pudendal plexus
Identifiers
Latinplexus venosus prostaticus
TA98A12.3.10.013M
TA25043
FMA29711
Anatomical terminology

The prostatic veins form a well-marked prostatic plexus which lies partly in the fascial sheath of the prostate and partly between the sheath and the prostatic capsule.[citation needed] It collects blood from the prostate, and (via the v. dorsalis profunda clitoridis) the corpora cavernosa of penis.[1] It communicates with the pudendal and vesical plexuses.[citation needed]

It is sometimes known as "Santorini's plexus", named for the Italian anatomist Giovanni Domenico Santorini.

  1. ^ Sobotta Anatomy Textbook - English Edition with Latin Nomenclature. Friedrich Paulsen, Tobias M. Böckers, J. Waschke, Stephan Winkler, Katja Dalkowski, Jörg Mair, Sonja Klebe, Elsevier ClinicalKey (1st ed.). Munich. 2018. p. 397. ISBN 978-0-7020-6760-0. OCLC 1132300315.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)