| Renal vein | |
|---|---|
 The anterior surfaces of the kidneys, showing the areas of contact of neighboring viscera. | |
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| Details | |
| Drains from | Kidney |
| Source | Interlobar veins, left ovarian vein |
| Drains to | Inferior vena cava |
| Artery | Renal artery |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | venae renales |
| MeSH | D012082 |
| TA98 | A12.3.09.009 |
| TA2 | 5000, 5006 |
| FMA | 14334 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The renal veins in the renal circulation, are large-calibre[1] veins that drain blood filtered by the kidneys into the inferior vena cava. There is one renal vein draining each kidney.[citation needed] Each renal vein is formed by the convergence of the interlobar veins of one kidney.[2]
Because the inferior vena cava is on the right half of the body, the left renal vein is longer than the right one.
- ^ Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice. Susan Standring (Forty-second ed.). [New York]. 2021. p. 1144. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Martini, Frederic; Tallitsch, Robert B.; Nath, Judi L. (2017). Human Anatomy (9th ed.). Pearson. p. 689. ISBN 9780134320762.