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Probably the inf mesenteric vein
AnswerThe portal confluence is the area where the superior mesenteric vein and the splenic vein meet. They run posterior to the pancreas and form the portal vein.
The superior mesenteric
The hepatic portal vein is created by the anastamoses between the superior mesenteric vein and spleinc vein. It is arguable that the inferior mesenteric vein joins at this same anastomoses but generally it actually joins the splenic vein which then meats the sup. mesenteric vein as stated above. The veins that drain into the portal vein (ie above the ansastmoses between the splenic and sup. mesenteric) are the cystic vein, the right gastric vein and the posterior-superior part of the pancreaticoduodenal vein.
Superior mesenteric vein
This is an abbreviation used commonly for the superior mesenteric vein.
superior mesenteric vein
Splenic vein and superior mesenteric vein.
The Inferior Mesenteric Vein (iMV) drains into the splenic vein. The splenic vein ultimately "meets up" with the Superior Mesenteric Vein (SMV) to form the Hepatic Portal Vein (HPV)
inferior vena cava
superior mesenteric
Portal vein receives blood from two major veins, Superior mesenteric vein that drains the entire small bowel and splenic vein which drains the entire large bowel and spleen. Portal vein supplies about 60% of the total blood flow to the liver.