| Vein: Left gastric vein | |
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| The portal vein and its tributaries. | |
| Latin | vena gastrica sinistra |
| Gray's | subject #174 682 |
| Drains from | lesser curvature of the stomach |
| Drains to | portal vein |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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The Left gastric vein (or coronary vein) derives tributaries from both surfaces of the stomach; it runs from right to left along the lesser curvature of the stomach, between the two layers of the lesser omentum, to the esophageal opening of the stomach, where it receives some esophageal veins. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Introduction ( Superficial veins (cutaneous veins Deep veins Venæ comitantes The lesser curvature of the stomach, extending between the Cardiac and Pyloric orifices forms the right or posterior border of the stomach Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group In Human anatomy, the stomach is a J-shaped hollow muscular organ of the Gastrointestinal tract involved in the second phase of Digestion, following The lesser omentum (small omentum gastrohepatic omentum is the double layer of Peritoneum that extends from the Liver to the lesser curvature of the Stomach The esophageal veins drain blood from the Esophagus to the Inferior thyroid vein.
It then turns backward and passes from left to right behind the omental bursa and ends in the portal vein. The lesser sac, also known as the omental bursa, is the cavity in the Abdomen that is formed by the lesser and Greater omentum.
Esophageal and paraesophageal varices are primarily supplied by the left gastric vein and typically drain into the azygous/hemiazygous venous system. [1]
External links
- Left+gastric+vein at eMedicine Dictionary
- Norman/Georgetown stomach (portalvein)
References
- ^ Siegelman, E. eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely two medical doctors Georgetown University is a Jesuit Private university located in Georgetown Washington D : "Body MRI", page 47. Saunders, 2004
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