Pancreaticoduodenal veins

Pancreaticoduodenal veins
The portal vein and its tributaries. (Pancreaticoduodenal labeled near center, at pancreas.)
Details
Drains from pancreas, duodenum
Drains to portal vein, superior mesenteric vein
Artery Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery, Superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
Identifiers
Latin venae pancreaticoduodenales
TA A12.3.12.023
FMA 70930
Anatomical terminology

The pancreaticoduodenal veins accompany their corresponding arteries: the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery and the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery ; the lower of the two frequently joins the right gastroepiploic vein.

References

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


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