Hepatoportal System Flashcards
Portal venous system drains
digestive system, pancreas, and spleen
Portal vein formed by
splenic vein, SMV (gastric/pancreatic veins, IMV, coronary vein, pyloric vein)
Portal confluence is formed by
union of SMV/SV post. to neck of pancreas
Normal size of MPV
11mm+-2
SMV drains
areas supplied by SMA (small intestine)
SMV is to the right of and anterior to
SMA
SMV ascends from
right iliac fossa
SMV is anterior to
IVC, 3rd part duodenum, uncinate process
Splenic vein formed of
IMV, small branches from stomach and pancreas
splenic vein lies
posterior to pancreas inferior to splenic artery
IMV drains
areas supplied by IMA (ascending and sigmoid colon, rectum, left 1/3 transverse colon)
IMV joins
splenic vein (not imaged)
SMV size
6-7mm
SV size
4-6mm
Porta hepatic is the
hepatic hilum