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Definition of Portal vein
1. Noun. A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
Group relationships: Portal System
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel
Definition of Portal vein
1. Noun. (anatomy) A short, wide vein that carries blood to the liver from the organs of the digestive system. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portal Vein
Literary usage of Portal 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)
"621 The portal vein is formed by the junction of the superior mesenteric and
splenic veins, their union taking place in front of the vena cava and behind ..."
2. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"They gather the blood from the liver (sent in by the portal vein and hepatic
arteries) and ... Within the liver the portal vein breaks up into capillaries; ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"When death was found to follow so promptly upon portal vein ligation, the question
that arose was whether ligations at different levels would also prove ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1864)
"In several cats, Schiff tied the portal vein previous to its entering the liver.
The animals did not live beyond one hour and a half, and died quietly. ..."
5. The Lancet (1842)
"... is well adapted for propelling the portal blood through the portal vein, ...
and the branches of the portal vein might have resembled the hepatic veins ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"It is composed of the ramifications of the portal vein, of the portal capillaries,
the hepatic vein, the hepatic artery, the hepatic duct, of secreting ..."
7. A Text-book of practical medicine, with particular reference to physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1883)
"Its exciting causes are partly injuries of the portal vein, partly inflammation
of the parts about it, which extends to the wall of the vein. ..."
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