portal vein Flashcards
1
Q
What does it do
A
drain blood of unpaired organs in the abdominal cavity into the liver
2
Q
How is it formed
A
confluence of superior mesenteric vein with the splenic vein
3
Q
It passes inside
A
the hepatoduodenal ligament
4
Q
Other branches
A
left and right gastric veins
cystic vein
paraumbilical veins
inferior mesenteric (splenchnic)
jejunal ileal ileocolic pancreatic pancreaticoduodenal - all arise from superior mesenteric vein
