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gastroepiploic vein

NOUN
  1. one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach

How To Use gastroepiploic vein In A Sentence

  • From the splenic branch which passes into the pancreas, and from the upper part, arise the posterior coronary, gastric, and gastroepiploic veins, all of which are distributed upon the stomach in numerous branches and twigs, just as the mesenteric vessels are upon the intestines. On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
  • The left gastroepiploic vein (v. gastroepiploica sinistra) 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 lienal vein. VII. The Veins. 4. The Portal System of Veins
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