Hepatic veins

Hepatic veins
Hepatic veins
	Volume rendering of an abdominal CT, with hepatic veins annotated by arrows. The aorta and branches is seen in center.
	The hepatic veins are the veins of the liver, two of which are shown in this diagram.
Details
Precursor	Vitelline veins
Drains from	Liver
Source	Hepatic portal vein
Drains to	Inferior vena cava
Artery	Hepatic artery
Identifiers
Latin	venae hepaticae
MeSH	D006503
TA98	A12.3.09.005
TA2	4994
FMA	14337
	Anatomical terminology

In human anatomy, the hepatic veins are the veins that drain venous blood from the liver into the inferior vena cava (as opposed to the hepatic portal vein which conveys blood from the gastrointestinal organs to the liver^[1]^: 1212). There are usually three large upper hepatic veins draining from the left, middle, and right parts of the liver, as well as a number (6-20) of lower hepatic veins.^[2] All hepatic veins are valveless.^[3]

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^ Albert, Daniel; et al. (2012). Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary (32nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier. p. 2040. ISBN 978-1-4160-6257-8.
^ "Hepatic Veins". www.meddean.luc.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-04.

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[Dorland's-2] Albert, Daniel; et al. (2012). Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary (32nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier. p. 2040. ISBN 978-1-4160-6257-8.

[3] "Hepatic Veins". www.meddean.luc.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-04.

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