| 41. | Thus, it acts as collaterals between the portal veins and the systemic venous system of the lower esophagus ( azygous vein ).
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| 42. | Blood clotting in the hepatic portal vein can cause portal hypertension, which results in a decrease of blood fluid to the liver.
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| 43. | At its termination behind the neck of the pancreas, the SMV combines with the splenic vein to form the hepatic portal vein.
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| 44. | The body and neck of the pancreas drain into the splenic vein; the head drains into the superior mesenteric and portal veins.
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| 45. | His wife, Joan, a nurse, rushed him to UMass Memorial, where doctors discovered the bleeding was coming from his liver's portal vein.
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| 46. | The persistent part of the upper venous ring, above the opening of the superior mesenteric vein, forms the trunk of the portal vein.
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| 47. | The renal portal valve is situated between the renal portal vein and the common iliac vein which leads to the posterior vena cava.
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| 48. | One of these branches joins with the hepatic portal vein ( connecting to its left branch ), which carries blood into the liver.
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| 49. | The glucose and galactose are rapidly absorbed by the mucosa of the small intestine into the portal vein, mostly ending up in liver cells.
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| 50. | The portal vein is not a true vein, because it conducts blood to capillary beds in the liver and not directly to the heart.
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