TA A12.3.12.031 | Dorlands/Elsevier v_05/12850433 FMA 15390 | |
Artery left gastro-omental artery Latin vena gastroomentalis sinistra, vena gastroepiploica sinistra | ||
The left gastroepiploic vein (left gastro-omental vein) receives branches from the antero-superior and postero-inferior surfaces of the stomach and from the greater omentum; it runs from right to left along the greater curvature of the stomach and ends in the commencement of the splenic vein.
It drains into the superior mesenteric vein.
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