Left colic vein

Left colic vein
Portal vein and tributaries. (Left colic vein visible but not labeled.)
Details
Latin	vena colica sinistra
Drains from	transverse colon
Drains to	inferior mesenteric vein
Artery	left colic artery
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12849975
TA	A12.3.12.033
FMA	15394
Anatomical terminology

The left colic vein drains the descending colon. It is a tributary of the inferior mesenteric vein, and follows the path of its corresponding artery, the left colic artery.

Branches

Veins of the abdomen and pelvis

To azygos system

To IVC or left renal vein

Unpaired

posterior:	iliolumbar superior gluteal lateral sacral

anterior:	inferior gluteal obturator uterine ♀ uterine plexus ♀ vesical vesical plexus prostatic plexus ♂ deep of penis ♂/clitoris ♀ posterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀ vaginal plexus/vein ♀ middle rectal internal pudendal inferior rectal bulb of penis ♂/vestibule ♀ rectal plexus

Splenic	short gastric left gastroepiploic pancreatic inferior mesenteric superior rectal left colic

Superior mesenteric	right gastroepiploic pancreaticoduodenal jejunal ileal middle colic right colic ileocolic appendicular

Direct	cystic left gastric/esophageal right gastric paraumbilical

Index of the circulatory system

Description	Anatomy Arteries head and neck arms chest abdomen legs Veins head and neck arms chest abdomen and pelvis legs Development Cells Physiology proteins

Disease	Congenital Neoplasms and cancer Lymphatic vessels Injury Vasculitis Other Symptoms and signs eponymous

Treatment	Procedures Drugs beta blockers channel blockers diuretics nonsympatholytic vasodilatory antihypertensives peripheral vasodilators renin–angiotensin system sympatholytic antihypertensives vasoprotectives