Stellate veins

The stellate veins are veins that lie beneath the fibrous tunic of the kidney. They are stellate in arrangement and are derived from the capillary network, into which the terminal branches of the interlobular arteries break up. These join to form the interlobular veins, which pass inward between the rays.

Stellate veins
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Drains fromInterlobular arteries
Drains toInterlobular veins
Identifiers
LatinVenae stellatae renis
TAA08.1.04.006
FMA71635
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1224 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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