TMA Veins Flashcards
what are the tributaries of the portal vein and which are the main ones
Main Superior mesenteric vein Splenic vein But also The right and left gastric Paraumbilical veins Cystic vein
the cystic vein drains which organ
the gallbladder
the paraumbilical veins drain what
the skin of the umbilical region
The right and left gastric veins drain what
the stomach
The splenic vein is formed from a variety of smaller/larger vessels as they leave the _ of the spleen.
smaller
hilium
Unlike the splenic artery, the splenic vein is straight/curved and it does/doesnt maintains contact with the _ of the pancreas as it crosses the _abdominal wall. As the spleninc vein crosses the _ of the pancreas it joins the superior mesenteric vein to form what
straight does body posterior neck portal vein
what type of blood does the portal vein carry and where does it take this blood to?
venous blood that has nutrients that has been taken from food
the blood goes to the liver for processing
the main vessel of the portal system is whiich vein?
the portal vein
the portal vein is formed from the convergence of the which organs
spleen
pancrease
gallbladder
abdo part of the GI tract
which two veins form the portal vein and where
portal vein is formed by the splenic and SM at level L2 anterior to the neck of the pancreas
path of the portal vein as the portal vein ascends it passes
_ to the _ and _ and immediately before entering the liver it splits into left and right with each entering the parencyma of the liver seperately
posterior
superior duodenum
bileduct
what are the main tributaries of the spleninc vein
the pancreatic
the short gastic
left gastroomental
inferior mesenteric
Short gastric veins drain
drain the fundus of the stomach.
Left gastro-omental vein drains
the greater curvature of the stomach.
Pancreatic veins drain
the pancreas
Inferior mesenteric vein drains
drains the splenic flexture desceding sigmoid and rectum
tributaris of the IM
left coelic and sigmoid veins