Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
rectal vein Function:
noun : any of three veins that receive blood from the rectal venous plexus:
a : one draining the lower part of therectal venous plexus and emptying into the internal pudendal vein called also
inferior hemorrhoidal vein, inferior rectal vein b : one draining the bladder, prostate, andseminal vesicle by way of the middle part of the rectal venous plexus and emptying into the internal iliac vein called also
middle hemorrhoidal vein, middle rectal vein c : one draining the upper part of the rectal venous plexus and forming the first part of the inferior mesenteric vein called also
superior hemorrhoidal vein, superior rectal vein
