Drains from gallbladder TA A12.3.12.012 | Drains to hepatic portal vein Latin vena cystica FMA 15403 | |
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When present the cystic vein drains the blood from the gall-bladder, and, accompanying the cystic duct, usually ends in the right branch of the portal vein. It is usually not present, and the blood drains via small veins in the gall-bladder bed directly to the parenchyma of the liver.
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