Hepatic portal vein

Introduction: Hepatic portal vein

Description of Hepatic portal vein

Hepatic portal vein: A blood vessel that carries blood to the liver from the stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas, and gallbladder. Also called portal vein.
Source: National Institute of Health

Hepatic portal vein: a short vein that carries blood into the liver.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Hepatic portal vein: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Hepatic portal vein:

• Portal vein
• Hepatic
• Hepatic symptoms (1644 causes)
• Hepatic pain (30 causes)
• Portal
• Vein
• Vein symptoms (68 causes)
• Vein pain (6 causes)
• Confluence
• Superior

Terms associated with Hepatic portal vein:

Terms Similar to Hepatic portal vein:

• portal vein
• portal
• vena portae

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Hepatic portal vein

• vein
• vena
• venous blood vessel

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Hepatic portal vein

The following list attempts to classify Hepatic portal vein into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• vein,vena,venous blood vessel
• blood vessel
• vas,vessel
• tube,tube-shaped structure
• anatomical structure,bodily structure,body structure,complex body part,structure
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

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