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away to see their en- 

 trance into the vena cava. 

 The two suprarenal veins 

 return the blood from the 

 suprarenal bodies and 

 two renal veins carry the 

 blood from the kidneys. 

 The left ovarian or sper- 

 matic vein is a tributary 

 to the left renal, but the 

 right ovarian empties 

 directly into the vena 

 cava. A pair of small 

 iliolumbar veins collect- 

 ing blood from the lum- 



FIG. 76. VENTRAL VIEW OF THE 

 CHIEF VEINS OF THE TRUNK, 

 NECK, AND HEAD. 



az, Azygos; au, anterior auricu- 

 lar ; br, brachiocephalic ; cd, 

 caudal; cph, cephalic; em, ex- 

 ternal maxillary; ex, external 

 jugular; eic, external iliac; hp, 

 hepatic; im, internal maxil- 

 lary; ij, internal jugular; ims, 

 inferior mesenteric; Urn, ilio- 

 lumbar ; ilc, common iliac ; tie, 

 internal iliac; na, nasal; ov, 

 ovarian or spermatic; pan, 

 posterior auricular; pd, pan- 

 creato-duodenalis ; pcv, pre- 

 cava; pst, postcava; prt, por- 

 tal; phrn, phrenic; rn, renal; 

 ste, superficial temporal; st, 

 gastro-epiploica and coro- 

 nary; sr, suprarenal; sir, ster- 

 nal; sp, gastrosplenic ; sm, su- 

 perior mesenteric; sbcl, sub- 

 clavian ; tr, transverse ; tg, lin- 

 gual; vtr, vertebral; 1, 2, 3, 4, 

 5, 6, the vertebrarterial canal 

 of the first six cervical verte- 

 bra? ; u>, intercostals ; x, supe- 

 rior intercostals. 



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