Term Information
Vena portae
Anatomical Terms Info - Term Id (ATI-TermId / ATITID)
32167
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Reason why this Term should be present on this site
Despite the fact that there are more portal veins in the body, the portal vein to the liver, being the most prominent one, is named without the addition 'hepatis', simply as 'vena portae'.
Change history
| by: O. Paul Gobée, MD., Netherlands [Change Id: 10160] | |
| NEW Term: | Vena portae [ATI-TermId:32167] |
| Language: | Latin |
| Concept to which this term belongs: | Vena portae hepatis [ATI-ConceptId: 6075] |
| Clinical Term: | No |
| Eponym: | No |
| Full term (if abbreviation): | N.a., this term is not an acronym. |
| SET (or ADDED) Contributor: | O. Paul Gobée, MD., Anatomist, e-learning developer, Netherlands |
| Reason for inclusion of this term: | Despite the fact that there are more portal veins in the body, the portal vein to the liver, being the most prominent one, is named without the addition 'hepatis', simply as 'vena portae'. |