{{Short description|Blood vessel which drains one of the ovaries}} {{Infobox vein | Name = Ovarian vein | Latin = vena ovarica sinistra, vena ovarica dextra | Image = Ovarschaf.jpg | Caption = Ovary of a sheep. {{ordered list |style=text-align: left; |ovary |tertiary follicle |proper ovarial ligament |oviduct |A. and V. ovarica}} | Image2 = | Caption2 = | DrainsFrom = Ovary | DrainsTo = Inferior vena cava<br>left renal vein | Artery = Ovarian artery }}
The '''ovarian vein''', the female gonadal vein, carries deoxygenated blood from its corresponding ovary to inferior vena cava or one of its tributaries. It is the female equivalent of the testicular vein, and is the venous counterpart of the ovarian artery. It can be found in the suspensory ligament of the ovary.<ref>{{cite book|last=II|first=Anne M.R. Agur, Arthur F. Dalley|title=Grant's atlas of anatomy|year=2009|publisher=Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-7817-9604-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H20V4pCpACYC&q=ureter+ovarian+ligament&pg=PA233}}</ref>
==Structure== It is a paired vein, each one supplying an ovary. * The right ovarian vein travels through the suspensatory ligament of the ovary and generally joins the inferior vena cava. * The left ovarian vein, unlike the right, often joins the left renal vein instead of the inferior vena cava.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Lampmann | first1 = LE | last2 = Smeets | first2 = AJ | last3 = Lohle | first3 = PN | year = 2003 | title = Uterine fibroids: targeted embolization, an update on technique | url = | journal = Abdom Imaging | volume = 29| issue = | pages = 128–31| pmid = 15160767 | doi = 10.1007/s00261-003-0086-y }}</ref><ref name= GRAYS2005>{{cite book|last=Drake|first=Richard L.|title=Gray's anatomy for students|year=2005|publisher=Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-443-06612-2|edition=Pbk.|author2=Vogl, Wayne |author3=Tibbitts, Adam W.M. Mitchell |author4=illustrations by Richard |author5= Richardson, Paul }}</ref>
==Pathology== Thrombosis of ovarian vein is associated with postpartum endometritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, diverticulitis, appendicitis, and gynecologic surgery.
==Additional images== <gallery> File:Gray1161.png|Uterus and right broad ligament, seen from behind. </gallery>
==See also== *Ovarian vein syndrome
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|40|13|01|03}} - "Posterior Abdominal Wall: Tributaries to the Inferior Vena Cava"
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