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Vein: Oblique vein of the left atrium

Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Oblique vein of the left atrium labeled at center left.)
Latin	vena obliqua atrii sinistri
Gray's	subject #166 643
Drains from	left atrium
Drains to	coronary sinus

The Oblique Vein of the Left Atrium (oblique vein of Marshall) is a small vessel which descends obliquely on the back of the left atrium and ends in the coronary sinus near its left extremity; it is continuous above with the ligament of the left vena cava (lig. venæ cavæ sinistræ vestigial fold of Marshall), and the two structures form the remnant of the left Cuvierian duct.

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Diagram showing completion of development of the parietal veins.

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Veins of the torso

Thorax

Coronary

coronary sinus (great cardiac, left marginal, small cardiac, middle cardiac, posterior of the left ventricle, oblique of the left atrium) · anterior cardiac (right marginal) · pulmonary

SVC

Vertebral column

vertebral venous plexuses (external, internal) · spinal (posterior, anterior) · basivertebral · intervertebral

Abdomen/pelvis

To azygos system

ascending lumbar (subcostal)

IVC
(Systemic)

To IVC or left renal vein

inferior phrenic · hepatic (central veins of liver, liver sinusoid) · suprarenal · renal · gonadal (ovarian ♀/testicular ♂, pampiniform plexus ♂) · lumbar · common iliac

Common iliac

Unpaired	median sacral vein

External iliac	inferior epigastric · deep circumflex iliac vein

Internal iliac	posterior: iliolumbar · superior gluteal · lateral sacral anterior: inferior gluteal · obturator · uterine ♀ (uterine plexus ♀) · vesical (vesical plexus, prostatic plexus ♂, deep of penis ♂/clitoris ♀, posterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀) · vaginal plexus/vein ♀ · middle rectal · internal pudendal (inferior rectal, bulb of penis ♂/vestibule ♀) · rectal plexus

Portal vein
(Portal)

Splenic	short gastric · left gastroepiploic · pancreatic · inferior mesenteric (superior rectal, left colic)

Superior mesenteric	right gastroepiploic · pancreaticoduodenal · jejunal · ileal · middle colic · right colic · ileocolic (appendicular)

Direct	cystic · left gastric/esophageal · right gastric · paraumbilical

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