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- noun anatomy A
network ofvalveless veins in thehuman body , connecting the deeppelvic veins andthoracic veins (draining theinferior end of theurinary bladder ,breast , andprostate ) to theinternal vertebral venous plexuses.
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Named after anatomist Oscar Vivian Batson, who first described it in 1940.
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