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VERTEBRAL VENOUS SYSTEM

Any of four interconnected venous networks surrounding the vertebral column; anterior outside vertebral venous plexus, the little system near the vertebral bodies; posterior outside vertebral venous plexus, the extensive system near the vertebral processes; anterior inside vertebral venous plexus, the system running the length of the vertebral canal anterior to the dura; posterior inside vertebral venous plexus, the system running the length of the vertebral canal posterior to the dura; the latter two constitute the epidural venous plexus. Synonym: plexus venosus vertebralis, Batson's plexus, vertebral venous plexus.
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