Rectal venous plexus
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The hemorrhoidal plexus (or rectal venous plexus) surrounds the rectum, and communicates in front with the vesical venous plexus in the male, and the uterovaginal plexus in the female. A free communication between the portal and systemic venous systems is established through the hemorrhoidal plexus.
- Aliases
- Haemorrhoidal plexus
- Hemorrhoidal plexus
- Plexus haemorrhoidalis
- Plexus venosus rectalis