Esophageal veins
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Vein: Esophageal veins | |
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Latin | venae oesophageales |
Artery | esophageal artery |
Dorlands / Elsevier |
v_05/12851147 |
The esophageal veins drain blood from the esophagus to the inferior thyroid vein.
In the abdomen, some drain to the left gastric vein.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Esophageal+veins at eMedicine Dictionary
[edit] External links
- Histology at OU 49_08
- Norman/Georgetown largeintestine (portalsystem)
- http://www.med.mun.ca/anatomyts/digest/avein6.htm
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