On the extensive contact between veins and arteries in the human ovarian pedicle.
The human ovarian arteries and their anatomical relation to the utero-ovarian venous plexus were studied in surgical specimens using roentgen angiography and corrosion casts. The arteries were in close contact with the veins, had a tortuous shape and sometimes a helical folding of inner layers of the wall. The results obtained are similar to the findings in a number of animal species and may represent the morphological basis for a counter-current exchange mechanism.
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010053:Ovary / Q000098:blood supply*; D014680:Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology*