See Also: left umbilical vein(medicine)
umbilical part of left branch of portal vein(medicine)
limonium(dictionary)
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Umbilical(medicine)
umbilical(dictionary)
umbilical veins(medicine)
umbilical souffle(medicine)
umbilical region(medicine)

left umbilical vein (medicine) and limonium (iou)


left umbilical vein (medicine)


left umbilical vein
<anatomy, vein> The vein that returns the blood from the placenta to the foetus; traversing the umbilical cord, it enters the foetal body at the umbilicus and passes thence into the liver, where it is joined by the portal vein; its blood then flows by way of the ductus venosus and the inferior vena cava to the right atrium.

Synonym: vena umbilicalis sinistra.


limonium (iou)



limonium noun. M16.
[mod. Latin = Latin limonion from Greek leimonion neut. of leimonios, from leimon meadow: see -IUM.]
Orig., any wintergreen of the genus Pyrola, esp. P. rotundifolia. Now, any plant of the genus Limonium (family Plumbaginaceae); sea lavender.