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testicular vein
(redirected from Spermatic veins)

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testicular vein,
one of a pair of veins emerging from convoluted venous plexuses, forming the greater mass of the spermatic cords. The right testicular vein opens into the inferior vena cava, the left testicular vein into the left renal vein. Both testicular veins contain valves. Compare ovarian vein.


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