Gonadal vein

Gonadal vein
The relations of the viscera and large vessels of the abdomen .(as seen from behind)
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Artery	gonadal artery
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*Anatomical terminology*

In medicine, gonadal vein refers to the blood vessel that carries blood away from the gonad (testis, ovary) toward the heart.

The left gonadal vein drains into the left renal vein, whereas the right drains directly into the inferior vena cava

To azygos system

To IVC or left renal vein

Unpaired

posterior:	iliolumbar superior gluteal lateral sacral
anterior:	inferior gluteal obturator uterine ♀ uterine plexus ♀ vesical vesical plexus prostatic plexus ♂ deep of penis ♂/clitoris ♀ posterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀ vaginal plexus/vein ♀ middle rectal internal pudendal inferior rectal bulb of penis ♂/vestibule ♀ rectal plexus

Splenic	short gastric left gastroepiploic pancreatic inferior mesenteric superior rectal left colic
Superior mesenteric	right gastroepiploic pancreaticoduodenal jejunal ileal middle colic right colic ileocolic appendicular
Direct	cystic left gastric/esophageal right gastric paraumbilical

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