Gonadal vein

Gonadal vein

The relations of the viscera and large vessels of the abdomen.
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Artery gonadal artery
Dorlands
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v_04/12847847

Anatomical terminology

In medicine, gonadal vein refers to the blood vessel that carries blood away from the gonad (testis, ovary) toward the heart.

The left gonadal vein drains into the left renal vein, whereas the right drains directly into the inferior vena cava


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