- venae obturatoriae
- [TA] obturator veins: veins that drain the hip joint and the regional muscles, enter the pelvis through the obturator canal, and empty into the internal iliac or the inferior epigastric vein, or both.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
venae obturatoriae
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