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单词 esophageal veins
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esophageal veins


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Noun1.esophageal veins - small veins from the esophagus emptying into the brachiocephalic vein or the azygos veinsoesophageal veins, venae esophageaevein, 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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esophageal veins


e·soph·a·ge·al veins

[TA] series of veins draining the submucous venous plexus of the esophagus; proceeding inferiorly from the cervical portion of the esophagus, they drain to the inferior thyroid vein, the superior intercostal veins, and the azygos, accessory hemiazygos, and hemiazygos veins, all of which are ultimately tributaries of the superior vena cava; the most inferior esophageal veins, from the cardiac portion of the esophagus, drain from the esophageal branches of the left gastric vein, a tributary of the portal vein. Thus, the submucosal veins of the inferior esophagus form a portocaval anastomoses, and are subject to the formation of varicosities in portal hypertension. Synonym(s): venae esophageae [TA]

e·soph·a·ge·al veins

(ĕ-sof'ă-jē'ăl vānz) [TA] Series of veins draining the submucous venous plexus of the esophagus; proceeding inferiorly from the cervical portion of the esophagus, they drain to the inferior thyroid vein, the superior intercostal veins, the azygos, accessory hemiazygos, and hemiazygos veins, all of which are ultimately tributaries of the superior vena cava; the most inferior esophageal veins, from the cardiac portion of the esophagus, drain through the esophageal branches of the left gastric vein, a tributary of the portal vein. Thus, the submucosal veins of the inferior esophagus form a portocaval anastomosis, and are subject to the formation of varicosities in portal hypertension.
Synonym(s): oesophageal veins, oesophageal veins.

esophageal veins


Related to esophageal veins: esophageal varices
  • noun

Synonyms for esophageal veins

noun small veins from the esophagus emptying into the brachiocephalic vein or the azygos veins

Synonyms

  • oesophageal veins
  • venae esophageae

Related Words

  • vein
  • vena
  • venous blood vessel
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