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Batson's plexus (medicine) and COUSIN, domest (law)


Batson's plexus (medicine)


Batson's plexus -->
vertebral venous system


Any of four interconnected venous networks surrounding the vertebral column; anterior external vertebral venous plexus, the small system around the vertebral bodies; posterior external vertebral venous plexus, the extensive system around the vertebral processes; anterior internal vertebral venous plexus, the system running the length of the vertebral canal anterior to the dura; posterior internal vertebral venous plexus, the system running the length of the vertebral canal posterior to the dura; the latter two constitute the epidural venous plexus.

Synonym: plexus venosus vertebralis, Batson's plexus, vertebral venous plexus.


COUSIN, domest (law)


COUSIN, domest. rel. Cousins are kindred who are the issue of two brothers or two sisters, or of a brother and a sister. Those who descend from the or two sisters, or of a brother and a sister. Those who descend from the brother or sister of the father of the person spoken of are called paternal brother or sister of the father of the person spoken of are called paternal cousins; maternal cousins are those who are descended from the brothers or cousins; maternal cousins are those who are descended from the brothers or sisters of the mother. Vide 2 Bro. C. C. 125; 1 Sim.