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Vein: Posterior vein of the left ventricle

Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Posterior Vein of the Left Ventricle labeled at lower left.)
Latin	v. ventriculi sinistri posterior
Gray's	subject #166 643

The Posterior Vein of the Left Ventricle runs on the diaphragmatic surface of the left ventricle to the coronary sinus, but may end in the great cardiac vein.

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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

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

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ascending lumbar (subcostal)

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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

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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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