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Definition of Hepatic portal vein
1. Noun. A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
Group relationships: Portal System
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel
Definition of Hepatic portal vein
1. Noun. (context: biology) A vessel located in the abdominal cavity formed by the union of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins that channels blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to capillary beds in the liver. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hepatic portal vein
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hepatic Portal Vein
Literary usage of Hepatic portal vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"The veins from the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas join to form a large
hepatic portal vein (hpv), which passes to the liver and there breaks up ..."
2. A Laboratory Manual for Elementary Zoölogy by Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1919)
"The left fork of the hepatic portal vein sinks into the substance of the ...
Trace the hepatic portal vein posteriorly and note that it is formed by the ..."
3. The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity: Considered from by George Sumner Huntington (1903)
"... of the vessel joins the hepatic portal vein at its point of entrance into the
liver. The hepatic portal vein is formed by tributaries returning the ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1834)
"The portal ducts however, " in such a case, will be branches of the hepatic portal
vein, will convey blood from the coats of the excreting ducts, ..."
5. The London Medical Gazette (1835)
"Branches of the hepatic artery and portal vein accompany the ligamentum teres ;
these veins convey blood to the hepatic portal vein, and must therefore be ..."
6. The Anatomy of the Frog by Alexander Ecker, George Haslam (1889)
"... limbs by means of the anterior abdominal vein, and (2) from the alimentary
canal by the hepatic portal vein. The anterior abdominal vein ( Vena ..."
7. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"... and the hepatic portal vein, which brings it from the digestive tract and the
spleen. The abdominal vein is a median ventral vein which has already been ..."
8. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"... capillary plexus, composed of vessels which penetrate from the circumference
to the centre of the lobule, and terminate in a single Hepatic Portal vein ..."
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