the hepatic portal system

Question 1

hepatic portal vein

Answer 1

drains into liver capillaries; drains blood from stomach to sigmoid colon

Question 2

right and left gastric veins

Answer 2

drain into hepatic portal vein; drain blood from lesser curvature of stomach

Question 3

superior mesenteric vein

Answer 3

drains into hepatic portal vein; drains blood from duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, appendix, ascending colon, and transverse colon

Question 4

right gastroepiploic vein

Answer 4

drains into superior mesenteric vein; drains blood from greater curvature of stomach

Question 5

splenic vein

Answer 5

drains into hepatic portal vein; drains blood from spleen, pancreas, and greater curvature of stomach

Question 6

left gastroepiploic vein

Answer 6

drains into splenic vein; drains blood from greater curvature of stomach

Question 7

inferior mesenteric vein

Answer 7

drains into splenic vein; drains blood from descending colon and sigmoid colon