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renal vein
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  renal vein - veins that accompany renal arteries; open into the vena cava at the level of the 2nd lumbar vertebravena renaliskidney - either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; "urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder"vein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood" |
renal vein
renal vein[′rēn·əl ′vān] (anatomy) A vein which returns blood from the kidney to the vena cava. renal vein
renal veinA large vein that drains blood from the kidney and empties into the inferior vena cava; the renal veins lie on top of (anterior to) the renal arteries. To reach the vena cava, the left renal vein passes over the aorta and is three times as long as the right renal vein. Tributaries of the left renal vein include the left testicular or ovarian vein and the left adrenal vein. See also: veinrenal vein
Related to renal vein: iliac artery, iliac vein, Renal vein thrombosisSynonyms for renal veinnoun veins that accompany renal arteriesSynonymsRelated Words- kidney
- vein
- vena
- venous blood vessel
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