Vaginal venous plexus

Vaginal venous plexus
Vessels of the uterus and its appendages, rear view.
Details
System	Female reproductive system
Drains from	Vagina
Drains to	Internal iliac vein
Artery	Vaginal artery
Identifiers
Latin	plexus venosus vaginalis
TA98	A12.3.10.017F
TA2	5049
FMA	29713
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The vaginal venous plexus is a group of veins draining blood from the vagina. It lies around the sides of the vagina. Its blood eventually drains into the internal iliac veins.

Structure

The vaginal venous plexus lies around the sides of the vagina.^[1] Its branches communicate with the uterine venous plexuses, vesical venous plexus, and rectal venous plexuses. It is drained by the vaginal veins, one on either side. These eventually drain into the internal iliac veins (hypogastric veins).^[1][2]

Function

The vaginal venous plexus drains blood from the vagina.^[2] It helps to make the vagina highly vascular.^[2]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 677 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

1. "Vagina". Imaging Anatomy: Ultrasound (2nd ed.). Elsevier. 2018. pp. 488–493. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-54800-7.50053-2. ISBN 978-0-323-54800-7.
2. Łaniewski, Paweł; Herbst-Kralovetz, Melissa (2018). "Vagina". Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences - Encyclopedia of Reproduction. Vol. 2. Academic Press. pp. 353–359. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.64406-9. ISBN 978-0-12-815145-7.