Definition of Colic vein

1. Noun. Vein serving the large intestine.

Exact synonyms: Vena Colica
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colic Vein

coli granuloma
colibacillosis
colibacillus
colibri
colibris
colic
colic arteries
colic artery
colic impression
colic intussusception
colic lymph nodes
colic root
colic sphincter
colic surface of spleen
colic teniae
colic vein (current term)
colic veins
colica
colical
colichemarde
colichemardes
colicin
colicin factors
colicine
colicines
colicinogeny
colicins
colickier
colickiest
colicky

Literary usage of Colic vein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"... colic vein lleo-colic vein. I leal veins Lowest il«U vein • -- Right common ... Left colic vein - Ligament um teres hepat is Region of umbilicus Je)una! ..."

2. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"... 9, pancreatic branches; 10, inferior mesenteric vein ; 11, left colic vein; 12, branch joining the middle colic vein ; 13. sigmoid vein; 14, ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The inferior mesenteric vein receives the sigmoid veins from the sigmoid colon and iliac colon, and the left colic vein from the descending colon and left ..."

4. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"The inferior mesenteric vein receives the sigmoid veins from the sigmoid colon and iliac colon, and the left colic vein from the descending colon and left ..."

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