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Definition of Mesenteric vein
1. Noun. A tributary of the portal vein passing from the intestine between the two layers of mesentery.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesenteric Vein
Literary usage of Mesenteric vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The superior mesenteric vein returns the blood from the small intestines and from
the caecum and ascending and transverse portions of the ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"A Communication on a Case of Operative Cure of Venous Thrombosis in the Region
of the Superior mesenteric vein. ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The inferior mesenteric vein (v. mesenterica inferior) returns blood from the
... The inferior mesenteric vein receives the sigmoid veins from the sigmoid ..."
4. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"... me chief mesenteric vein ; CRS. oesophagus ; pma posterior mesenteric artery ;
pmv posterior mesenteric vein ; jm. pancreas ; pn.d. pancreatic duct: pv ..."