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Splenic vein
Superior Mesenteric Vein
Left Gastric Vein
Right Gastric Vein
Cystic Veins
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- drains blood from abdominal part of GI tract
- from lower third oesophagus
- to halfway down anal canal
- spleen
- pancreas
- gallbladder
- enters liver
- breaks into sinusoids which drain into hepatic veins
- about 2 inches long
- formed behind neck of pancreas by union of
- ascends to right
- behind first part of duodenum
- enters lesser omentum
- runs upward
- in front of opening of lower sac
- to porta hepatis
- divided into left and right terminal branches
Tributaries
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