VENAE RENIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Veins of the kidney; drain the kidney into the renal vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("venae renis" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "venae renis"):

venae interlobulares renis (interlobular veins of the kidney; receive blood from the arcuate vein and empty into the renal veins)

Holonyms ("venae renis" is a part of...):

kidney (either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine)