Venous system of GI Flashcards
1
Q
What drains into the IVC?
A
- Hepatic vein
- Testicualar veins
- Renal veins
- Adrenal veins
- Common iliac veins
2
Q
The hepatic portal vein forms from?
A
The superior mesenteric vein and the splenic vein (already joined with IMV) which meet at the neck of the pancreas
3
Q
At what vertebral level is the hepatic portal vein found?
A
L2
4
Q
What does the hepatic portal vein carry?
A
It carries deoxygenated blood from the organs to the liver to be processed
5
Q
What does the hepatic vein carry?
A
Carries deoxygenated blood which has been filtered from the liver to the right atrium
6
Q
superior mesenteric vein origin?
A
Right iliac fossa
7
Q
What does the superior mesenteric vein drain?
A
- SI
- Ascending
- 2/3RDS of transverse colon
- The caecum
