What is right gastric vein?
The right gastric vein was defined as a vein which runs rightward along the lesser curvature of the stomach in parallel with the right gastric artery, and drains into the main portal vein or the left portal vein trunk.
What is left gastric vein?
The left gastric vein (also known as the coronary vein) drains both the anterior and posterior gastric walls. It forms a loop with the right gastric vein at the lesser curvature of the stomach. The left gastric vein travels in the lesser omentum to drain in the portal vein.
Where does gastric vein drain?
portal vein
Abdominal and Pelvic Anatomy The left gastric vein runs to the left along the lesser curvature, receiving the esophageal veins below the esophageal hiatus in the diaphragm. It usually drains directly into the portal vein at the superior border of the pancreas.
What does the right gastric vein drain?
The right gastric vein (pyloric vein) drains blood from the lesser curvature of the stomach into the hepatic portal vein. It is part of the portal circulation.
What are the 4 main veins draining the stomach?
Conventionally the following veins drain into the splenic vein—short gastric, left gastroepiploic, pancreatic, and inferior mesenteric veins. The short gastric veins include four or five veins, which drain the fundus and part of the greater gastric curvature.
What vein is in your stomach?
Venous drainage of the abdomen is by the inferior vena cava and its tributaries. The blood from the portal vein passes through the liver and finally drains into the inferior vena cava. The inferior vena cava forms at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra by the joining of left with the right common iliac veins.
What is the function of the gastric vein?
The main function of the left gastric vein is to drain deoxygenated blood from the fundus and upper body of the stomach. Additionally, it anastomoses with the lower esophageal veins and drains the abdominal part of the esophagus.
Where is the left gastric artery?
The left gastric artery is the first and smallest branch of the celiac trunk which descends along the superior half of the lesser curvature of the stomach, anastomosing with the right gastric artery.