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Figure 5.2.3 Portal Vein (Canine) CT

(a) CT+C, MIP, DP (b) CT+C, MIP, SP

(c) CT+C, TP (d) CT+C, TP (e) CT+C, TP
The jejunal veins travel from the intestine to the cranial mesenteric vein (a). The caudal mesenteric vein joins the portal vein from the left
dorsal abdomen. The next most cranial tributary of the portal vein (b,c: arrow) is the splenic vein (c) from the left side and then, slightly
more cranial, the gastroduodenal vein (d) from the right lobe of the pancreas. The portal vein gives off a right branch to the right lateral
lobe (d) and then branches to the right medial (often called central division) and left liver lobes. See page 507 for Legend for
Figures 5.2.1–5.2.18.

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