The portal venous system is subject to various congenital and acquired disorders, most importantly portal venous obstruction/thrombosis and portal hypertension. Proper understanding of the anatomy of the portal venous system is imperative for the diagnosis, management, and effective treatment planning of ...
Microscopic Anatomy, Basic Terms, and Elemental Lesions RomilSaxenaMD, FRCPath, inPractical Hepatic Pathology, 2011 Portal Veins The intrahepaticportal venous systemconsists of two functionally distinct parts—the conducting system and the distributing system. As the names suggest, the former carries or...
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the porta hepatis. Pertaining to the portal vein or system. (engineering) A redundant frame consisting of two uprights connected by a third member at the top. (mining engineering) An entrance to a mine. ...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook portal vein Thesaurus Medical Financial Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to portal vein:Portal vein thrombosis,Portal venous system portal vein n. A vein that conducts blood from the digestive organs, spleen, pancreas...
hepatic portal systemAlso found in: Medical, Wikipedia. hepatic portal system[he′pad·ik ′pȯrd·əl ‚sis·təm] (anatomy) A system of veins in vertebrates which collect blood from the digestive tract and spleen and pass it through capillaries in the liver....
Local factors include cancers (any abdominal organ); focal inflammatory lesions (diverticulitis, appendicitis, pancreatitis, duodenal ulcer, cholecystitis, Crohn’s disease, or cytomegalovirus hepatitis); injury to the portal venous system (splenectomy, colectomy, gastrectomy, cholecystectomy, liver ...
The anatomy of the umbilical, portal and hepatic venous system in the human fetus at 14-19 weeks of gestation. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2001;18(6):598–604.Mavrides, E, Moscoso, G, Carvalho, JS, Campbell, S, Thilaganathan, B 2001 The anatomy of the umbilical, portal and...
Venous hums: Continuous noises audible in patients with portal hypertension; may be present as a result of rapid, turbulent flow in the collateral veins Tarry stool (digital rectal examination): Suggests upper GI bleeding Hemorrhoids See Presentation for more detail. Diagnosis Laboratory testing Com...
Normal portal venous pressure is approximately 8 to 10 mm Hg (10 to 13 cm H2O). Increased pressure in the portal venous system results in portal hypertension. Anatomically, portal hypertension can be classified17 as (a) prehepatic (i.e., portal vein), (b) intrahepatic or (c) posthepatic...
and F. Glisson. Vesalius is referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy, and in his influential book,De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, he elaborated the first anatomical atlas of the hepatic portal venous system (Vesalius 2013). Sir William Harvey laid the foundations of modern ...