Prostatic venous plexus
| Prostatic venous plexus | |
|---|---|
The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Prostatic plexus labeled at bottom right.) | |
| Details | |
| Drains from | Prostate |
| Source | Deep dorsal vein of the penis |
| Drains to | Vesical venous plexus and pudendal plexus |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | plexus venosus prostaticus |
| TA98 | A12.3.10.013M |
| TA2 | 5043 |
| FMA | 29711 |
| 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. It collects blood from the prostate, and (via the v. dorsalis profunda clitoridis) the corpora cavernosa of penis. It communicates with the pudendal and vesical plexuses.
It is sometimes known as "Santorini's plexus", named for the Italian anatomist Giovanni Domenico Santorini.