Obturator veins

Obturator veins
The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Obturator labeled at center left.)
Details
Drains toInternal iliac vein
ArteryObturator artery
Identifiers
Latinvenae obturatoriae
TA98A12.3.10.007
TA25027
FMA70909
Anatomical terminology

The obturator vein begins in the upper portion of the adductor region of the thigh and enters the pelvis through the upper part of the obturator foramen, in the obturator canal.

It runs backward and upward on the lateral wall of the pelvis below the obturator artery, and then passes between the ureter and the hypogastric artery, to end in the hypogastric vein.

It has an anterior and posterior branch (similar to obturator artery).

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 676 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)