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Are gonads drained by hepatic portal system?
No. The gonads are drained by the gonadal veins. The left gonadal vein empties into the left renal vein (and further into the inferior vena cava) whereas the right gonadal vein empties directly into the inferior vena cava.
As venous blood is drained from the kidney which path does it follow?
From the capillaries of the kidney, deoxygenated blood flows through the renal vein. The renal vein empties directly into the inferior vena cava which carries the blood back to the heart.
What receives urine from the renal papilla?
The renal papilla empties urine into the
What kidney structure empties into the urethra?
The bladder empties into the urethra. The renal pelvis enters into the ureter. There is no kidney structure that empties into the urethra.
What kidney structure empties into the ureter?
The renal pelvis is the structure in the kidney that empties into the ureter. It collects urine from the calyces and funnels it into the ureter for transport to the bladder.
What veins drain into the renal vein?
Renal veins empty into the inferior vena cava
Which gonadal vein empties into the renal vein on the same side of the body?
left
What is the vascular structure that empties blood into the venules and eventually into the renal vein?
Peritubular capillaries
What is the circulation of blood starting with the kidney ending in the renal vein?
from the kidneys the renal vein blood goes to the inferior vena cava
Blood entering the inferior vein cava could have come from what vein?
renal
How many lobes are in each kidney?
Each kidney has a renal lobe consisting of a renal pyramid with the renal cortex above it.
What is the renal veins main function?
To drain blood from the kidneys into the (inferior) vena cava.
