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Venous drainage from marrow of long bone with intramedullary needle in place
Venous drainage from marrow of long bone with intramedullary needle in place
The veins that drain the medullary sinuses of the long bones are supported by the bony matrix. They do not collapse in shock or hypovolemia.
Reproduced with permission from: Barkin RM (Ed). Pediatric emergency medicine: Concepts and clinical practice, 2nd ed, Mosby, St. Louis, 1997. p.151. Copyright © 1997 Mosby.
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