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hepatic vein
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  hepatic vein - a vein that drains the liver; empties into the vena cavavena hepaticaliver - large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytesvein, 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" |
hepatic vein
hepatic vein[he′pad·ik ′vān] (anatomy) A blood vessel that drains blood from the liver into the inferior vena cava. hepatic vein
hepatic veinThe vein that takes blood from the liver to the inferior vena cava.See also: hepatic
hepatic veinAny of the veins that drain the liver sinusoids into the inferior vena cava on the posterior surface of the liver. Inside the liver, central veins directly drain the sinusoids, the central veins then join into interlobular veins, and the interlobular veins merge to become hepatic veins. All the venous blood that enters the liver from both the portal vein and the hepatic artery leaves the liver through the hepatic veins. See also: veinhepatic vein
Related to hepatic vein: hepatic artery, hepatic portal vein, phrenic vein, portal vein, ulnar vein, Hepatic portal system, hepatic vein thrombosisSynonyms for hepatic veinnoun a vein that drains the liverSynonymsRelated Words- liver
- vein
- vena
- venous blood vessel
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