Meanings
- not comparableanatomyCarrying towards an organ or structure.
In Nautilus this vena cava gives off at the level of the gills four branchial advehent veins, which pass into the four gills without dilating.
1891, Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, Zoological Articles Contributed to the "Encyclop Dia Britannica", page 1412 more examples
The posterior renal advehent vein is formed by the union of a number of small branches bringing blood from the muscles of the pelvis, the caudal region and cloaca with its closely related organs.
1925, Studies in Natural History - Volume 11, page 15After birth, when the placental blood is cut off, blood is distributed in the liver by branches of the portal vein, which represent the advehent hepatic veins; it is collected again by branches which unite to form the revehent hepatic veins, or hepatic veins proper, and the latter open into the inferior vena cava.
1929, Frederick Randolph Bailey, Adam Marion Miller, Text-book of Embryology, page 231
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