Definition of Right gastric vein

1. Noun. Receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein.

Exact synonyms: Pyloric Vein, Vena Gastrica-dextra
Generic synonyms: Gastric Vein, Vena Gastrica

Medical Definition of Right gastric vein

1. It receives veins from both surfaces of the upper portion of the stomach, runs to the right along the lesser curvature of the stomach, and empties into the portal vein. Synonym: vena gastrica dextra, pyloric vein. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Right Gastric Vein

right coronary artery
right coronary artery branches
right coset
right cosets
right cross
right crosses
right crus of atrioventricular bundle
right crus of diaphragm
right duct of caudate lobe
right fibrous trigone
right field
right fielder
right fielders
right gastric artery
right gastric lymph nodes
right gastric vein (current term)
right gastro-omental artery
right gastro-omental lymph nodes
right gastroepiploic artery
right gastroepiploic lymph nodes
right gastroepiploic vein
right gastroomental vein
right hand
right handed
right hander
right heart
right hemisphere
right hepatic artery
right hepatic duct

Literary usage of Right gastric vein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. ... The Blood-vascular System of the Loricati, the Mailcheeked Fishes by William Fitch Allen (1905)
"29, Spl. V.) leaves the anterior surface of the spleen, which is located directly above the pylorus, and passes forward to unite with the right gastric vein ..."

2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"... the vena ports receives the coronary vein of the stomach and the right gastric vein. Occasionally the inferior mesenteric vein joins its commencement, ..."

3. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"... the vena portae receives the coronary vein of the stomach and the right gastric vein. Occasionally the inferior mesenteric vein joins its commencement, ..."

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