FMA7205Urinary
The left renal vein is the primary venous trunk of the left kidney, traveling horizontally across the posterior abdominal wall to reach the inferior vena cava.
Returns filtered venous blood from the left kidney—along with venous drainage from the left adrenal gland and left gonad—into the inferior vena cava.
Retroperitoneal abdomen at the L1–L2 vertebral level, extending from the left renal hilum anterior to the abdominal aorta and posterior to the superior mesenteric artery.
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Systemic veins empty into the right atrium, while pulmonary veins return oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium.
The hepatic portal venous network carries absorbed nutrients from the digestive organs directly to the liver for metabolic processing.
Lymphatic vessels return excess interstitial fluid collected from tissues back into the venous circulation.