Median caudal [coccygeal] vein

Vena caudalis [coccygea] mediana

Definition

Anne-Sophie Emeric

The median caudal vein continues the median sacral vein along the ventral surface of the vertebrae.

Variation:

In equids, the median caudal vein is underdeveloped and continues the median caudal gluteal vein, together with the ventrolateral caudal veins.

References

Barone R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 5, Angiologie, 2nd edition, Vigot, Paris, 2011.

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