A portal vein that transports nutrients from the digestive tract to the liver[Kardong]. [ http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3091300&group_id=76834&atid=1205376 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatic_portal_vein https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 ]
Synonyms: liver portal vein hepatic portal tree portal vein of liver
Term information
- ZFA:0005090
- MA:0002132
- TAO:0005090
- VHOG:0000642
- Wikipedia:Hepatic_portal_vein
- AAO:0010214
- FMA:50735
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Adults of all vertebrates lose the vitelline veins and establish a single large hepatic portal vein (...) by the selective retention of parts of the left and right subintestinals and of several anastomoses that occur between them within and just posterior to the liver.[well established][VHOG]
In humans A vein in the abdominal cavity that drains blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen. It is usually formed by the confluence of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins, and also receives blood from the inferior mesenteric, gastric, and cystic veins. The hepatic portal vein is a major component of the hepatic portal system, one of the main portal venous systems in the body. Conditions involving the hepatic portal vein cause considerable illness and death. An important example of such a condition is elevated blood pressure in the hepatic portal vein. This condition, called portal hypertension, is a major complication of cirrhosis worldwide. [WP,unvetted]
portal vein
primary hepatic portal veins
primary hepatic portal vein
vena portae hepatis
HPV
Term relations
- portal vein
- channels_into some liver
- overlaps some liver
- part of some hepatic portal system