Definition of Pancreatic vein

1. Noun. Veins draining the pancreas and emptying into the superior mesenteric and splenic veins.

Exact synonyms: Venae Pancreatica
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pancreatic Vein

pancreatic insufficiency
pancreatic islands
pancreatic isleT-cell tumours
pancreatic islets
pancreatic juice
pancreatic juices
pancreatic lymph nodes
pancreatic neoplasms
pancreatic notch
pancreatic plexus
pancreatic polypeptide
pancreatic pseudocyst
pancreatic pseudocysts
pancreatic sphincter
pancreatic steatorrhoea
pancreatic vein (current term)
pancreatic veins
pancreatico-
pancreaticoduodenal
pancreaticoduodenal arterial arcades
pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes
pancreaticoduodenal transplantation
pancreaticoduodenal veins
pancreaticoduodenectomies
pancreaticoduodenectomy
pancreaticoenteric recess
pancreaticojejunostomies
pancreaticojejunostomy
pancreaticosplenic lymph nodes
pancreatin

Literary usage of Pancreatic vein

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

1. Ferments and Their Actions by Karl Oppenheimer (1901)
"The pancreatic vein contains more ferment than the vein of the spleen. PAL,' however, found that the amount of sugar in the pancreatic vein opposite the ..."

2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... and is the pancreatic vein. The third and largest branch of the vena portae is the mesenteric vein, ib. x, which not only collects the blood from all ..."

3. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"Trace it backward; it will be found to receive a number of veins, of which the largest are the pancreatic vein from the pancreas, and the mesenteric vein ..."

4. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"Trace it backward; it will be found to receive a number of veins, of which the largest are the pancreatic vein from the pancreas, and the mesenteric vein ..."

5. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"The blood supply is from the pancreatic artery and the blood returns by the pancreatic vein into the mesenteric and ultimately into the portal vein, ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1849)
"... 2d, on the splenic veins, close to the spleen ; 3d, on the pancreatic vein ; 4th, on the trunk of the vena portas as it entered the liver. ..."

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