Esophageal veins

The esophageal veins drain blood from the esophagus to the azygos vein, in the thorax, and to the inferior thyroid vein in the neck. It also drains, although with less significance, to the hemiazygos vein, posterior intercostal vein and bronchial veins.

Esophageal veins
Details
ArteryEsophageal artery
Identifiers
LatinVenae oesophageales
TAA12.3.04.011
A12.3.07.006
FMA70834
Anatomical terminology

In the abdomen, some drain to the left gastric vein which drains into the portal vein.[1][2]

See also

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. Daniel J Bell; Henry Knipe; et al. "Azygos venous system | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org". radiopaedia.org. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  2. Daniel J Bell; Henry Knipe; et al. "Oesophagus | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org". radiopaedia.org. Retrieved 2018-12-03.


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