Venous plexus

{{Short description|Congregation of multiple veins}}

{{Infobox vein

| Name = Venous plexus

| Latin = rete venosum
plexus venosus

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| Caption = The veins of the right half of the male pelvis.

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In vertebrates, a venous plexus is a normal congregation anywhere in the body of multiple veins.{{cite book |last1=Drake |first1=Richard |last2=Vogl |first2=A. Wayne |last3=Mitchell |first3=Adam W. M. |year=2008 |title=Dorland's/Gray's Pocket Atlas of Anatomy E-Book |publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences |page=26 |isbn=9781455703814}}

A list of venous plexuses:

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• Basilar 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