Definition of Left gastric vein

1. Noun. Arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein.

Exact synonyms: Vena Gastrica Sinistra
Generic synonyms: Gastric Vein, Vena Gastrica

Medical Definition of Left gastric vein

1. Arises from a union of veins from both surfaces of the cardia of the stomach and an oesophageal tributary from the cardiac portion of the oesophagus; it runs in the lesser omentum and empties into the portal vein. See: oesophageal veins. Synonym: vena gastrica sinistra, coronary vein, vena coronaria ventriculi. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Left Gastric Vein

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

Literary usage of Left 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)
"PGBI.V.), and also a very large ventral gastric vein (fig- 30, V.Gas.V.), which anastomoses anteriorly with the left gastric vein and posteriorly ..."

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