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Fig. 5. —Photograph shows dissection (viewed from back) of anterior epidural venous plexus in cadaver of 68-year-old with no evidence of neck and chest disease. Back neck muscle and all of arches of cervical vertebrae have been removed. Anterior epidural venous plexuses (asterisks) are seen at posterior surface of cervical vertebral body and lateral to posterior longitudinal ligament. Anterior epidural venous plexuses anastomose vertebral vein through intervertebral vein (arrow).