portal vein

English

Noun

portal vein (plural portal veins)

1. (anatomy) A short, wide vein located in the abdominal cavity formed by the union of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins that channels blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to capillary beds in the liver.

Synonyms

• hepatic portal vein

Translations

particular vein

• Catalan: vena porta f
• Czech: vrátnicová žíla
• Finnish: porttilaskimo
• French: veine porte (fr) f
• Galician: vea porta f
• German: Pfortader f
• Hungarian: májkapugyűjtőér (hu)
• Italian: vena porta f
• Japanese: 門脈 (ja) (もんみゃく，mon-myaku)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xwînhênera derî f

• Latin: vena portae f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: portvenen

• Polish: żyła wrotna (pl)
• Portuguese: veia porta f
• Romanian: venă portă (ro) f
• Russian: воротная вена (vorotnaja vena)
• Spanish: vena porta f
• Turkish: portal ven