Interlobular veins

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Vein: Interlobular veins
Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply.
Latin venae interlobulares renis
Gray's subject #254 1224
Drains from    Efferent arteriole
Drains to Arcuate vein
Artery Interlobular arteries
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The venae stellatae join to form the interlobular veins, which pass inward between the rays, receive branches from the plexuses around the convoluted tubules, and, having arrived at the bases of the renal pyramids, join with the venae rectae.

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