Pancreaticoduodenal veins

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Vein: Pancreaticoduodenal veins
The portal vein and its tributaries. (Pancreaticoduodenal labeled near center, at pancreas.)
Latin	venae pancreaticoduodenales
Gray's	subject #174 682
Drains from	pancreas, duodenum
Drains to	portal vein, superior mesenteric vein
Artery	Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery, Superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	v_05/12851232

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.

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