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Hepatic vein   /həpˈætɪk veɪn/   Listen
Hepatic vein

noun
1.
A vein that drains the liver; empties into the vena cava.  Synonym: vena hepatica.





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"Hepatic vein" Quotes from Famous Books



... arose one great vessel, the hepatic vein, from division of which the others were held to come off as branches. Of these branches, one, our common vena cava, entered the right side of the heart. For the blood that it conveyed to the heart there were two fates possible. The greater part remained awhile in the ventricle, parting with ...
— The Legacy of Greece • Various


Words linked to "Hepatic vein" :   vena, vein, vena hepatica, liver, venous blood vessel


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