Vein: Anterior spinal veins
1: posterior spinal vein 2: anterior spinal vein 3: posterolateral spinal vein 4: radicular (or segmental medullary) vein 5: posterior spinal arteries 6: anterior spinal artery 7: radicular (or segmental medullary) artery
Latin	venae spinales anteriores
Gray's	subject #172 669
Artery	anterior spinal artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	v_05/12851730

Anterior spinal veins are veins which receive blood from the anterior spinal cord.

External links

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?indexed=google&rid=spinalcord.section.216
• Diagram at nih.gov

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