Cystic vein

Cystic vein
Cystic vein
	The portal vein and its tributaries.
Details
Drains from	gallbladder
Drains to	hepatic portal vein
Artery	cystic artery
Identifiers
Latin	vena cystica
TA98	A12.3.12.012
TA2	5107
FMA	15403
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

When present the cystic vein drains the blood from the gall-bladder, and, accompanying the cystic duct, usually ends in the right branch of the portal vein. It is usually not present, and the blood drains via small veins in the gall-bladder bed directly to the parenchyma of the liver.

References[]

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 682 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links[]

Fine A (1997). "The cystic vein: the significance of a forgotten anatomic landmark". JSLS. 1 (3): 263–6. PMC 3016730. PMID 9876684.

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