What is "central veins of liver"

n. terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids [syn: venae centrales hepatis]

The central veins of liver (or central venules) are veins found at the center of hepatic lobules (one vein at each lobule center).

They receive the blood mixed in the liver sinusoids and return it to circulation via the hepatic veins.