Your portal vein forms at the point where your superior mesenteric vein (SMV) and splenic vein meet. From there, your portal vein travels upward and toward the right, behind your hepatic artery, until it reaches your liver.

The portal vein or hepatic portal vein (HPV) is a blood vessel that carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen to the liver. This blood contains nutrients and toxins extracted from digested contents.

2024年4月25日 · The portal vein (PV) (sometimes referred to as the main or hepatic portal vein) is the main vessel in the portal venous system and drains blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to the liver.

2024年10月22日 · The portal vein is the main blood vessel carrying blood to the liver from the stomach, intestines, spleen, gallbladder, and pancreas. Portal vein blood contains both nutrients and toxins derived from digestion, which the liver filters and processes.

The portal vein (PV) is the main vessel of the portal venous system (PVS), which drains the blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen to the liver. There are several variants affecting the PV, and quite a number of congenital and acquired pathologies.

2023年10月30日 · Structure and function of the hepatic portal vein. The hepatic portal vein is an important and unique vein that receives blood from structures of the abdomen and transports it into the liver for filtration and processing.

2023年8月8日 · The portal vein forms from the confluence of the superior and inferior mesenteric veins, the splenic vein, gastric vein, and cystic vein. The portal vein enters the liver within the hepatoduodenal ligament, traveling posterior to the proper hepatic artery and …

The normal anatomy of the portal vein is defined as a division of the main portal vein into two branches—the left (supplying segments II, III, and IV) and right portal veins; the right dividing secondarily into two branches—the anterior (supplying ...