Left gastroepiploic vein

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Left gastroepiploic vein
Details
Drains tosplenic vein
Arteryleft gastro-omental artery
Identifiers
Latinvena gastroomentalis sinistra, vena gastroepiploica sinistra
TA98A12.3.12.031
TA25126
FMA15390
Anatomical terminology

The left gastroepiploic vein (left gastro-omental vein) receives branches from the antero-superior and postero-inferior surfaces of the stomach and from the greater omentum; it runs from right to left along the greater curvature of the stomach and ends in the commencement of the splenic vein.

It drains into the superior mesenteric vein.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 681 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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