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hepatic portal vein
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | hepatic portal vein - a short vein that carries blood into the liverportal vein, vena portae, portalportal system - system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the livervein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood" |
EncyclopediaSeeportal veinhepatic portal vein
he·pa·tic por·tal vein [TA] a wide short vein formed by the confluence of the superior mesenteric and splenic vein posterior to the neck of the pancreas, ascending anterior to the inferior vena cava, and dividing at the right end of the porta hepatis into right and left branches, which ramify within the liver. Synonym(s): vena portae hepatis [TA], portal vein, vena portalishepatic portal vein (1) Portal vein of liver; vena porta hepatis [NA6].
(2) An obsolete term that formerly dignified the transverse venous trunk formed by the bifurcation of the portal vein into right and left branches.por·tal vein (pōr'tăl vān) A wide, short vein formed by the superior mesenteric and splenic vein posterior to the neck of the pancreas, ascending in front of the inferior vena cava, and dividing at the right end of the porta hepatis into right and left branches, which ramify within the liver.
Synonym(s): vena portae hepatis [TA] , hepatic portal vein. hepatic portal vein
Related to hepatic portal vein: external iliac vein, hepatic artery, splenic vein, Hepatic portal system, hepatic portal circulationSynonyms for hepatic portal veinnoun a short vein that carries blood into the liverSynonyms- portal vein
- vena portae
- portal
Related Words- portal system
- vein
- vena
- venous blood vessel
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