Anatomy

🩸Renal vein

Short thick veins which return blood from the kidneys to the vena cava

The renal veins in the renal circulation, are large-calibre veins that drain blood filtered by the kidneys into the inferior vena cava. There is one renal vein draining each kidney. Each renal vein is formed by the convergence of the interlobar veins of one kidney. Because the inferior vena cava is on the right half of the body, the left renal vein is longer than the right one.

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Closest relatives

🩸 superior vena cava 🩸 inferior vena cava 🩸 jugular vein 🩸 subclavian vein 🩸 pulmonary vein 🩸 portal vein 🩸 femoral vein 🩸 saphenous vein 🩸 hepatic vein

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