Lecture 8-Hepatic Portal System Flashcards
Portal venous system drains blood from?
- Portal venous system drains blood from the spleen, pancreas, and all GI organs between distal esophagus and rectum
- Then the blood is shunted through the liver where it is filtered and then returned to the heart via the IVC
2 main characteristics of the blood in the hepatic portal vein?
O2 poor, nutrient rich
Why is the blood filtered?
Do not want toxins to enter your blood stream directly so after GI absorption they are put into the liver to be filtered
Caval (systemic) system?
Blood from the rest of the body is transferred by systemic veins
-This system directs blood to the heart through the SVC and IVC
Portacaval anastomoses
-What are they?
Areas in the body where the portal and systemic circulations are connected
-However, little blood is transferred since the pressures in each are equal
Portacaval anastomoses
-Examples?
Esophagus, umbilicus, and rectum
Hepatic portal system
- Starts as?
- Ends as?
- Starts as capillaries in the digestive system
- Ends as capillaries in the liver
Hepatic portal vein-MAIN characteristic?
VALVELESS
Hepatic portal vein-Function?
Brings the blood from GI organs to liver to be filtered (liver is drained by hepatic veins)
Portal vein
-Formed by?
-Splenic vein
-Superior mesenteric vein
-Inferior mesenteric vein
(Enters either the superior mesenteric vein or the splenic vein)
Hepatic portal system
-Where does it form?
Posterior to the neck of the pancreas
Ends as right and left branches in the liver
Portal triad-3 components and their “typical arrangement?
- Proper hepatic a-left
- Portal vein-posterior
- Bile duct-right
The portal triad is surrounded by?
The hepatoduodenal ligament (part of the lesser omentum)
Porta hepatis
-What is it?
Deep fissure on the inferior surface of the liver through which all neurovascular structures (except hepatic veins) and hepatic ducts enter and leave the liver
Direct tributaries of the portal vein?
- Paraumbilical vv (anterior wall)
- Cystic v
- Left gastric
- Right gastric
Direct tributaries of the splenic vein?
- Splenic vein (proper)
- Short gastric vv
- Left gastro-omental v
- Pancreatic vv
Direct tributaries of the superior mesenteric vein?
- Right gastro-omental v
- Pancreaticoduodenal vv
Superior mesenteric vein
-Relationship with SMA?
- Parallels the superior mesenteric a on the right
- Tributaries drain the same parts of the small and large intestines supplied by the branches of the SMA
Superior mesenteric vein
-Joins the splenic vein to form?
Joins the splenic vein to form the portal vein posterior to the neck of the pancreas
Superior mesenteric vein
-Tributes?
- Intestinal vv-jejunal and ileal vv
- Ileocolic v-cecal and appendicular v
- Right colic
- Middle colic
Inferior mesenteric vein
-Tributaries drain?
The same parts of the large intestine that were supplied by branches of the inferior mesenteric artery
Inferior mesenteric vein
-Formed by?
The superior rectal vein drains superiorly to join branches of the left colic veins
Inferior mesenteric vein joins the splenic or SMV to form?
The portal vein