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
TA	A12.3.10.013M
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 communicates with the pudendal and vesical plexuses.

The prostatic venous plexus drains into the internal iliac vein which connects with the vertebral venous plexus, this is thought to be the route of bone metastasis of prostate cancer.

It is sometimes known as "Santorini's plexus," named for the Italian anatomist Giovanni Domenico Santorini.

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