Splenic vein

the relationship of the splenic vein and its union with the superior mesenteric vein is shown.

The splenic vein (also known as the lineal vein or splenic vein ) is the blood vessel that drains blood from the spleen . It also receives the pancreatic veins , which drain the venous blood from the body and tail of the pancreas .

It runs together with the splenic artery along the upper edge of the pancreas and then joins the superior mesenteric vein to form the portal vein . Unlike the retroperitoneal splenic artery, the splenic vein is intraperitoneal.

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1. ↑ Gerhard Aumüller et al .: Dual series of anatomy. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2nd edition 2010, ISBN 978-3-13-152862-9 , p. 675.
2. ↑ Entry on splenic vein in Flexikon , a wiki from DocCheck , accessed on November 27, 2015.