TY  - JOUR
A1  - ,  
T1  - The submediastinal venous plexus of the adult human testis
JO  - Eur. J. Anat.
SN  - 1136-4890
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 7
SP  - 59
EP  - 62
UR  - http://www.eurjanat.com/web/paper.php?id=03010059
KW  - article
KW  - clinical observation
KW  - collateral circulation
KW  - histopathology
KW  - history of medicine
KW  - human
KW  - human tissue
KW  - male
KW  - microscopic anatomy
KW  - pampiniform venous plexus
KW  - submediastinal venous plexus
KW  - surface property
KW  - testis
KW  - tissue section
KW  - vein
N2  - The venous drainage of the human testis consists of two oppositely oriented currents towards and away from the mediastinum testis. These centrifugal and centripetal currents have been known and studied since the nineteenth century. Based on our own observations of 35 human testes prepared by the technique of serial cleared thick sections oriented in three axial body planes, we describe a submediastinal venous plexus, located on the deep surface of the mediastinum, receiving its tributaries from within the parenchyma and giving off collaterals to form the pampiniform plexus. We propose the name coronary submediastinal venous plexus owing to its most characteristic disposition.
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