The close anatomical contact between human ovarian arteries and veins provides a morphological basis for a counter-current exchange mechanism.
Supports morphological basis for ovarian counter-current exchange; leaves open its physiological role and clinical relevance.
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.
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