suboccipital venous plexus 4496

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suboccipital venous plexus (pair)

Identification

Official Latin term	plexus venosus suboccipitalis (par)
Official term	suboccipital venous plexus (pair)
Unit identifier	TAH:U4496
Unit type	pair
Materiality	material

Navigation

Link to the unit	suboccipital venous plexus (pair)
Links of entity	generic: suboccipital venous plexus
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
External links	TA98 FMA PubMed Wikipedia Radiopedia
Partonomic links	Level 2: venous system Short Extended
	Level 3: superior vena cava Short Extended
	Level 4: brachiocephalic vein (pair)
Taxonomic links	Level 2: segment of organ Short Extended
	Level 3: venous plexus
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language

Taxonomic definition

A suboccipital venous plexus is a venous plexus

] which lies above the external anterior vertebral venous plexuses [plexus venosus vertebralis externus anterior

] and the external posterior vertebral venous plexuses [plexus venosus vertebralis externus posterior

] with which it communicates, it drains into the vertebral vein [vena vertebralis

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U3568	cardiovascular system SOS
TAH:U4418	venous system SOS
TAH:U4480	superior vena cava SOS
TAH:U4481	brachiocephalic vein (pair) UOS
TAH:U4492	vertebral vein (pair) UOU
TAH:U4496	suboccipital venous plexus (pair) UOU

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67165	material entity
FMA:305751	anatomical structure
FMA:67135	postnatal anatomical structure
FMA:82472	cardinal part of organ
FMA:67619	region of organ
FMA:86140	segment of organ
FMA:306412	segment of hollow tree organ
FMA:50722	segment of vascular hollow organ
FMA:312599	segment of blood vessel tree organ
FMA:86188	segment of venous hollow organ
FMA:4767	venous plexus
FMA:50803	suboccipital venous plexus

Date: 21.06.2025