Suprarenal veins

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Vein: Suprarenal veins

The anterior surfaces of the kidneys, showing the areas of contact of neighboring viscera.
Latin	vv. suprarenales
Gray's	subject #173 679
Drains from	adrenal gland
Artery	superior suprarenal artery, middle suprarenal artery, Inferior suprarenal artery

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

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.

They receive blood from the adrenal glands and will sometimes form anastomoses with the inferior phrenic veins.

Additional images

Diagram showing completion of development of the parietal veins.
Suprarenal glands viewed from the front.
Suprarenal glands viewed from behind.

External links

SUNY Labs 40:04-0104 - "Posterior Abdominal Wall: Blood Supply to the Suprarenal Glands"
v_05/12851919 at Dorland's Medical Dictionary - left
v_05/12851911 at Dorland's Medical Dictionary - right

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v • d • e Veins of the torso
Coronary	coronary sinus (great cardiac, left marginal, small cardiac, middle cardiac, posterior of the left ventricle, oblique of the left atrium) • anterior cardiac (right marginal) • pulmonary
Thorax/ SVC	brachiocephalic: inferior thyroid - thymic - internal thoracic (anterior intercostal, superior epigastric) - left superior intercostal - supreme - vertebral - internal jugular - subclavian (axillary: lateral thoracic, thoracoepigastric) - pericardiacophrenic azygos: right superior intercostal - bronchial - intercostal/posterior intercostal 5-11 - accessory hemiazygos/hemiazygos - superior phrenic
Vertebral column	vertebral venous plexuses (external, internal) • spinal (posterior, anterior) • basivertebral • intervertebral
Abdomen/ IVC	to IVC on right and left: renal - hepatic - lumbar to IVC on right, renal vein on left: inferior phrenic - suprarenal - ovarian/testicular (pampiniform plexus) to azygos system: ascending lumbar (subcostal)
Pelvis/common iliac	external iliac: inferior epigastric - deep circumflex iliac vein internal iliac: inferior gluteal - superior gluteal - median sacral vein - lateral sacral - obturator - internal pudendal (inferior rectal) - vesical venous plexus - prostatic venous plexus - deep of penis - vaginal venous plexus - uterine venous plexus - middle rectal - hemorrhoidal
Portal system/ portal vein	splenic: short gastric - left gastroepiploic - pancreatic - inferior mesenteric (superior rectal, left colic) superior mesenteric: right gastroepiploic - pancreaticoduodenal - middle colic - right colic - ileocolic (appendicular) direct (cystic, left gastric, right gastric, paraumbilical)
fetal	ductus venosus • umbilical