Umbilical vein

Umbilical vein
Umbilical vein
	Fetal circulation; the umbilical vein is the large, red vessel at the far left.
	Human embryo. Brain and heart represented from right side. Digestive tube and yolk sac in median section. (Umbilical vein labeled at bottom left.)
Details
Drains to	Inferior vena cava
Artery	Umbilical artery
Identifiers
Latin	vena umbilicalis
MeSH	D014471
TA98	A12.3.12.010
TA2	5103
FMA	70317
	Anatomical terminology

The umbilical vein is a vein present during fetal development that carries oxygenated blood from the placenta into the growing fetus. The umbilical vein provides convenient access to the central circulation of a neonate for restoration of blood volume and for administration of glucose and drugs.^[1]

The blood pressure inside the umbilical vein is approximately 20 mmHg.^[2]

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^ Wang, Y. Vascular biology of the placenta. in Colloquium Series on Integrated Systems Physiology: from Molecule to Function. 2010. Morgan & Claypool Life Sciences.

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[2] Wang, Y. Vascular biology of the placenta. in Colloquium Series on Integrated Systems Physiology: from Molecule to Function. 2010. Morgan & Claypool Life Sciences.

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