Obturator veins 5616594 172958305 2007-11-21T19:12:57Z LearnAnatomy 4597441 added anterior and posterior branch. {{Infobox Vein | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = venae obturatoriae | GraySubject = 173 | GrayPage = 676 | Image = Gray585.png | Caption = The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Obturator labeled at center left.) | Image2 = | Caption2 = | DrainsFrom = | DrainsTo = [[internal iliac vein]] | Artery = [[obturator artery]] | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = v_05 | DorlandsSuf = 12851127 | }} The '''obturator vein''' begins in the upper portion of the adductor region of the [[thigh]] and enters the [[pelvis]] through the upper part of the [[obturator foramen]], in the [[obturator canal]]. It runs backward and upward on the lateral wall of the pelvis below the [[obturator artery]], and then passes between the [[ureter]] and the [[hypogastric artery]], to end in the [[hypogastric vein]]. It has an anterior and posterior branch (similar to obturator artery). ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray541.png|Variations in origin and course of obturator artery. Image:Gray547.png|The relations of the femoral and abdominal inguinal rings, seen from within the abdomen. Right side. Image:Gray1159.png|Veins of the [[penis]]. </gallery> {{Gray's}} {{circulatory-stub}} {{Veins}}