What is "ovarian vein"

n. one of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left renal vein [syn: vena ovarica]

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.