portal vein
hepatic portal vein
portal
vena portae

Casey placed the clamp without difficulty, stopping blood flow to the liver from the hepatic artery and portal vein.

After absorption it enters the hepatic portal vein and is directed toward the liver.

Since this is an important function in mammals, damage to the hepatic portal vein can be dangerous.

The L1 larvae bore through the intestinal wall and are carried to the liver by the hepatic portal vein.

An important example of such a condition is elevated blood pressure in the hepatic portal vein.

For this reason, the hepatic portal vein is occasionally called the splenic-mesenteric confluence.

Other tributaries of the hepatic portal vein include the cystic and gastric veins.

Unlike most veins, the hepatic portal vein does not drain into the heart.

The hepatic portal vein passes from the umbilical vein to the liver.

One of these branches joins with the hepatic portal vein (connecting to its left branch), which carries blood into the liver.