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Medical Definition of Vena advehens
1. Collective term for a series of branching channels in the early embryo receiving blood from the umbilical and/or vitelline venous systems and passing the mixed blood to the sinusoids of the liver; they become terminal branches of the hepatic portal vein. Synonym: vena afferentes hepatis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Vena Advehens
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