Splenic vein
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| Vein: Splenic vein | ||
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| Transverse section of the spleen, showing the trabecular tissue and the splenic vein and its tributaries. | ||
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| The portal vein and its tributaries. (Spleen is at far right, and "lienal vein" is visible traveling from it to the left.) | ||
| Latin | vena lienalis | |
| Gray's | subject #174 681 | |
| Drains from | trabecular vein of spleen | |
| Drains to | hepatic portal vein | |
| Artery | splenic artery | |
| MeSH | Splenic+Vein | |
In anatomy, the splenic vein (in the past called the lienal vein) is the blood vessel that drains blood from the spleen.
It joins with the superior mesenteric vein, to form the hepatic portal vein and follows a course superior to the pancreas, along side of the similarly named artery, the splenic artery.
It collects branches from the stomach and pancreas and most notably from the large intestine, which is drained by the inferior mesenteric vein and joins with splenic vein shortly before it forms the portal vein.
[edit] Additional images
 The pancreas and duodenum from behind. |
[edit] External links
- Gray's s278 - "The Spleen"
- GPnotebook -1241120742 - "Splenic vein thrombosis"
- SUNY Labs 39:10-0102 - "Intestines and Pancreas: Structures Posterior to the Pancreas:
- SUNY Anatomy Image 8685
- Norman/Georgetown pancreas (pancreasvessels)
- Splenic vein - medterms.com
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