...Lastly, accessory branches from the renal or other sources may be expended on the liver. The Vena Portae is formed by the junction of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins, and commences on the front of the aorta, behind the superior margin of the pancreas, and opposite to...

...join the pancreatic duct and open into the duodenum as described above. The Vena Portse (Fig. 98, 9) is formed by the junction of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins behind the pancreas and to the right of the median line. It ascends between the layers of the lesser...

...four pounds. It diflers from other glands in its chief supply of blood being venous. The vena porta is formed by the junction of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins, aud as the splenic vein receives the inferior mesenteiic vein, all the blood fiom the spleen, the stomach,...

...which runs with the vena porta, also supplies it with arterial blood. THE VENA PORTA, or portal vein, is formed by the junction of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins, so that the blood from the alimentary canal, the pancreas, and spleen passes through the capillaries...

...of the liver consists of the hepatic artery, and a branch of the celiac axis, and the portal vein, formed by the junction of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins. The portal vein is by far the larger vessel. These vessels accompany the bileFig. 165. — Section through...

...which runs with the vena porta, also supplies it with arterial blood. The vena porta, or portal vein, is formed by the junction of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins, so that the blood from the alimentary canal, the pancreas, and spleen passes through the capillaries...