Lecture 19 - Abdominal Veins and Visceral Innervation Flashcards
What are the two systems of venous drainage?
- Portal system
- Caval system
What is the portal system?
- Blood from some abdominal viscera drains into the portal vein
- Filtered by the liver
What are the abdominal viscera that drains into the portal vein?
- Spleen
- Pancreas
- Gallbladder
- GIT
What neurovasculature connects the portal system to the inferior vena cava?
Via hepatic veins
Where do the hepatic veins drain into the IVC?
Below diaphragm before passing through the caval hiatus
What form the capillaries in the portal system?
Two veins
What is the caval system?
Blood from the rest of the lower body drains into the inferior vena cava
Where does the caval system pass?
Through the central tendon of the diaphragm at T8 (through caval hiatus)
How is blood carried back to the inferior vena cava?
Via paired veins
Where is the IVC located in relation to the midline?
To the right of the midline
What does the location of the IVC cause left veins to do?
- Left veins can be substantially longer
- Left veins drain into the renal vein
What left veins are substantially longer?
Renal vein
What left veins drain into the renal vein?
- Suprarenal vein
- Gonadal veins
What do the right veins drain into?
The inferior vena cava
What are the structures of the caval system?
- Inferior phrenic vein
- Hepatic veins
- Suprarenal vein
- Renal veins
- Gonadal veins
- Common iliac vein
What is left renal vein entrapment syndrome?
- AKA nutcracker syndrome
- Compression of the left renal vein
- Passes between abdominal aorta and superior mesenteric artery
- Leads to blockage of venous return
What is the consequence of nutcracker syndrome?
- Problems with venous drainage from left kidney and left gonad
- Symptoms: Referred pain, blood in urine, and varices
What 3 major vessels drain into the portal vein?
- Splenic vein
- Inferior mesenteric vein
- Superior mesenteric vein
Where does the splenic vein drain blood from?
- Spleen
- Foregut (large portion: esophagus, stomach, pancreas)
Where does the inferior mesenteric vein drain blood from?
Hindgut
Where does the inferior mesenteric vein drain?
Splenic vein
Where does the superior mesenteric vein drain blood from?
Midgut
The joining of which neurovasculature creates the portal vein?
- Splenic vein
- Inferior mesenteric artery
- Superior mesenteric vein
Where does blood enter in the portal system?
- Proper hepatic artery
- Portal vein
What does blood in the portal vein contain?
Venous blood contains nutrients and toxins
What does the proper hepatic artery supply?
Regular arterial blood supply to the liver
What is the function of the portal system?
- Blood filtration
- Nutrient metabolism
What is the portal triad?
- Portal vein
- Proper hepatic artery
- Bile duct