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splenic vein
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | splenic vein - a vein formed by several small veins on the surface of the spleen; joins the superior mesenteric to form the portal veinvena lienalisspleen, lien - a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responsesvein, 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" |
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splen·ic vein [TA] arises by the union of several small veins at the hilum on the anterior surface of the spleen with the short gastric and left gastroomental veins; passes backward through the splenorenal ligament to the left kidney, then runs behind the upper border of the pancreas to the neck of the pancreas where it joins the superior mesenteric vein to form the portal vein. Synonym(s): vena splenica [TA], vena lienalis ☆ splen·ic vein (splen'ik vān) [TA] Arises by the union of several small veins at the hilum on the anterior surface of the spleen with the short gastric and left gastroepiploic veins; passes backward through the splenorenal ligament to the left kidney, then runs behind the upper border of the pancreas to the neck of the pancreas, where it joins the superior mesenteric vein to form the portal vein. splenic vein A large vein that drains the spleen and empties into the portal vein. Tributaries of the splenic vein include the short gastric, left gastroepiploic, and pancreatic veins. See also: veinsplenic vein
Related to splenic vein: gastric veinSynonyms for splenic veinnoun a vein formed by several small veins on the surface of the spleenSynonymsRelated Words- spleen
- lien
- vein
- vena
- venous blood vessel
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