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Where is the splenic confluence?
Also called the portal splenic confluence. This is the area where the splenic vein meets the superior mesenteric vein. Together, posterior to the neck of the pancreas, these veins form the portal vein.
What is another name for splenic vein?
The splenic vein is also known as the lienal vein. It is responsible for draining blood from the spleen and transporting it to the portal vein, which carries blood to the liver. The splenic vein plays a crucial role in the body's circulatory system, particularly in filtering and processing blood.
What does the splenic vein drain?
blood
What is splenorenal shunting?
The splenic vein (a part of the portal vein), is connected to the renal vein.
Is the portal confluence composed of superior mesenteric vein or inferior mesenteric vein and splenic 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.
What does the inferior mesenteric vein drain?
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)
The hepatic portal system is formed by the union of?
Splenic vein and superior mesenteric vein.
What the organs drained by the splenic vein?
The splenic vein primarily drains blood from the spleen, but it also collects blood from several other organs. This includes the pancreas, as well as parts of the stomach (specifically the short gastric veins) and the inferior mesenteric vein, which drains the large intestine. The splenic vein ultimately merges with the superior mesenteric vein to form the hepatic portal vein, which transports blood to the liver.
Can splenic vein thrombosis cause variceal bleeding?
yes
Which are the two veins that form hepatic portal vein?
The two veins that form hepatic portal vein are the splenic vein and the superior mesenteric vein. These veins usually receive blood from the inferior mesenteric, gastric, and cystic veins.
What are the three veins that form and empty the hepatic portal vein?
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.
Which vessels drain into the hepatic portal vein?
inferior mesentaric and splenic
