Cystic vein

Cystic vein
The portal vein and its tributaries.
Details
Drains from gallbladder
Drains to hepatic portal vein
Artery cystic artery
Identifiers
Latin vena cystica
TA A12.3.12.012
FMA 15403
Anatomical terminology

When present the cystic vein drains the blood from the gall-bladder, and, accompanying the cystic duct, usually ends in the right branch of the portal vein. It is usually not present, and the blood drains via small veins in the gall-bladder bed directly to the parenchyma of the liver.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 682 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  • Fine A (1997). "The cystic vein: the significance of a forgotten anatomic landmark". JSLS. 1 (3): 263–6. PMC 3016730. PMID 9876684.


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