Anatomy: Venous Drainage and Lymphatics of the Abdomen

  

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Cards In This Set

Front Back
Venous blood from which organs enter the portal vein?
Spleen

Pancreas

Gallbladder

Abdominal part of GI tract
Which two veins unite to form the portal vein?
Splenic vein

Superior mesenteric vein
Which branches do the portal vein divide into?
Right and left branches
Which veins stem from the portal vein?
Right and left branches

Right and left gastric veins

Cystic veins

Para-umbilical veins
Which veins stem from the splenic vein?
Short gastric veins

Left gastro-omental vein

Pancreatic veins

Inferior mesenteric vein
Where does the superior mesenteric vein drain blood from?
Small intestine

Caecum

Ascending colon

Transverse colon
Which veins stem from the SMV?
Jejunal vein

Ileal vein

Ileocolic vein

Right colic vein

Middle colic vein

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Right gastro-omental vein

Anterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal vein

Posterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal vein
Where does the inferior mesenteric vein drain blood from?
Left colic flexure

Descending colon

Sigmoid colon

Rectum
Which veins stem from the IMV?
Left colic vein

Sigmoid veins
Which vein does the IMV stem from?
Splenic vein
Where does lymph from the abdominal GI tract drain to?
Pre-aortic lymph nodes

(Three sets: coeliac, superior mesenteric and inferior mesenteric)
Where does lymph from the coeliac nodes drain to?
Cisterna chyli
Where does lymph from the superior mesenteric nodes drain to?
Coeliac nodes
Where does lymph from the inferior mesenteric nodes drain to?
Superior mesenteric nodes