Esophageal veins

Veins of the thorax and abdomen

Blood vessels

Esophageal veins

Details
Artery| Esophageal artery
Identifiers
Latin| venae oesophageales
TA98| A12.3.04.011
A12.3.07.006
TA2| 4751
FMA| 70834
Anatomical terminology

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The esophageal veins drain blood from the esophagus to the azygos vein, in the thorax, and to the inferior thyroid vein in the neck. It also drains, although with less significance, to the hemiazygos vein, posterior intercostal vein and bronchial veins.[citation needed]

In the abdomen, some drain to the left gastric vein which drains into the portal vein.[1][2]

## See also

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* Esophageal varices

## References

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

1. ^ Daniel J Bell; Henry Knipe; et al. "Azygos venous system | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org". radiopaedia.org. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
2. ^ Daniel J Bell; Henry Knipe; et al. "Oesophagus | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org". radiopaedia.org. Retrieved 2018-12-03.

## External links

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* Histology image: 49_08 at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
* largeintestine at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (portalsystem)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080506103555/http://www.med.mun.ca/anatomyts/digest/avein6.htm

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Veins of the abdomen and pelvis

To azygos system|

* ascending lumbar
* subcostal

IVC
(Systemic)|

| To IVC or left renal vein|

* inferior phrenic
* hepatic
* central veins of liver
* liver sinusoid
* suprarenal
* renal
* gonadal
* ovarian ♀/testicular ♂
* pampiniform plexus ♂
* lumbar
* common iliac

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Common iliac|

| Unpaired|

* median sacral vein

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Internal iliac|

| posterior:|

* iliolumbar
* superior gluteal
* lateral sacral

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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

External iliac|

* inferior epigastric
* deep circumflex iliac vein

Portal vein
(Portal)|

| Splenic|

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

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Superior mesenteric|

* right gastroepiploic
* pancreaticoduodenal
* jejunal
* ileal
* middle colic
* right colic
* ileocolic
* appendicular

Direct|

* cystic
* left gastric/esophageal
* right gastric
* paraumbilical

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