Renal vein

Renal vein
The anterior surfaces of the kidneys, showing the areas of contact of neighboring viscera.
Details
Drains fromKidney
SourceInterlobar veins, left ovarian vein
Drains toInferior vena cava
ArteryRenal artery
Identifiers
Latinvenae renales
MeSHD012082
TA98A12.3.09.009
TA25000, 5006
FMA14334
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.

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ Martini, Frederic; Tallitsch, Robert B.; Nath, Judi L. (2017). Human Anatomy (9th ed.). Pearson. p. 689. ISBN 9780134320762.