Vein: Splenic vein
Transverse section of the spleen, showing the trabecular tissue and the splenic vein and its tributaries.
The portal vein and its tributaries. (Spleen is at far right, and "lienal vein" is visible traveling from it to the left.)
Latin	vena lienalis
Gray's	subject #174 681
Drains from	trabecular vein of spleen
Source	short gastric veins, left gastroepiploic vein, pancreatic veins, inferior mesenteric vein
Drains to	hepatic portal vein
Artery	splenic artery
MeSH	Splenic+Vein

In anatomy, the splenic vein (in the past called the lienal vein) is the blood vessel that drains blood from the spleen.

It joins with the superior mesenteric vein, to form the hepatic portal vein and follows a course superior to the pancreas, alongside of the similarly named artery, the splenic artery.

It collects branches from the stomach and pancreas and most notably from the large intestine, which is drained by the inferior mesenteric vein and joins with splenic vein shortly before it forms the portal vein.

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The pancreas and duodenum from behind.

[edit] External links

• Gray's s278 - "The Spleen"
• -1241120742 at GPnotebook - "Splenic vein thrombosis"
• SUNY Labs 39:10-0102 - "Intestines and Pancreas: Structures Posterior to the Pancreas:
• SUNY Anatomy Image 8685
• pancreas at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (pancreasvessels)
• Splenic vein - medterms.com