Left gastroepiploic vein

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Vein: Left gastroepiploic vein
Latin v. gastroepiploica sinistra
Gray's subject #174 681

The left gastroepiploic vein receives branches from the antero-superior and postero-inferior surfaces of the stomach and from the greater omentum; it runs from right to left along the greater curvature of the stomach and ends in the commencement of the lienal vein.

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