gastric vein

1. One of several veins draining the stomach walls (synset 105375078)
   is a type of: vein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
   subtypes:

   • left gastric vein, vena gastrica sinistra - arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein
   • pyloric vein, right gastric vein, vena gastrica-dextra - receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein
   is a part of: breadbasket, stomach, tum, tummy - an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
   same as: vena gastrica

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