Kidney Renal Vein Function. Between 1992 and 2000 267 patients had open surgery for infrarenal aaa. As they enter the kidneys each vein separates into two.
Close to the renal hilus each artery gives off small branches to the adrenal gland and ureter and then branches into anterior and posterior divisions. Renal vein renal artery and ureter. Each renal vein drains into a large vein called the inferior vena cava ivc which carries blood directly to the heart.
As they enter the kidneys each vein separates into two.
Renal vein vena renalis the renal vein is an asymmetrically paired vessel that carries the deoxygenated blood from the kidney to the inferior vena cava. Renal vein renal artery and ureter. There are two renal veins a left and a right. The renal arteries arise one on each side from the abdominal aorta at a point opposite the upper border of the second lumbar vertebra i e a little above the small of the back.