portal vein

noun

, Anatomy.

the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.

portal vein

any vein connecting two capillary networks, esp in the liver ( hepatic portal vein )

First recorded in 1835–45

Thus the sugar results from a portion of the food which is transformed into sugar, and so passes into the portal vein.

Ligature of the portal vein leads to an increased flow of duct lymph.

My first arrow cut below the diaphragm, penetrated the stomach and liver, severed the gall ducts and portal vein.

The former converge into the portal vein, the latter into the lymphatic vessels and thence into the thoracic ducts.

Such venous emboli are carried toward the heart, but are stopped on the way by the intrahepatic branches of the portal vein.

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