Cystic vein
| Cystic vein | |
|---|---|
 The portal vein and its tributaries. | |
| Details | |
| Latin | vena cystica |
Drains from | gallbladder |
Drains to | hepatic portal vein |
| cystic artery | |
| Identifiers | |
| Gray's | p.682 |
| Dorlands /Elsevier | v_05/12850070 |
| 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 the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- 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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