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Venous plexus
Congregation of multiple veins
In vertebrates, a venous plexus is a normal congregation anywhere in the body of multiple veins.
A list of venous plexuses:
- Basilar venous plexus
- Batson venous plexus
- Epidural venous plexus
- External vertebral venous plexuses
- Internal vertebral venous plexuses
- Pampiniform venous plexus
- Prostatic venous plexus
- Pterygoid plexus
- Rectal venous plexus
- Soleal venous plexus
- Submucosal venous plexus of the nose
- Suboccipital venous plexus
- Uterine venous plexus
- Vaginal venous plexus
- Venous plexus of hypoglossal canal
- Vesical venous plexus
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