Suprarenal veins
They receive blood from the adrenal glands and will sometimes form anastomoses with the inferior phrenic veins.
Suprarenal veins | |
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Details | |
Drains from | Adrenal gland |
Artery | Superior suprarenal artery, middle suprarenal artery, inferior suprarenal artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | Venae suprarenales |
TA | A12.3.09.011 A12.3.09.013 |
FMA | 14348 |
Anatomical terminology |
The Suprarenal veins are two in number:
- the right ends in the inferior vena cava.
- the left ends in the left renal or left inferior phrenic vein.
Additional images
- Diagram showing completion of development of the parietal veins.
- Suprarenal glands viewed from the front.
- Suprarenal glands viewed from behind.
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References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 679 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- Anatomy photo:40:04-0104 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Posterior Abdominal Wall: Blood Supply to the Suprarenal Glands"
- "Left suprarenal vein" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
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