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Cystic vein

Cystic vein

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The cystic veins (usually multiple small veins rather than a single cystic vein) drain venous blood from the gallbladder[1][2][3] and the cystic duct.[2] The cystic veins either drain into various branches (within the liver) and tributaries (outside the liver) of the hepatic portal vein.[1][2]

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Cystic veins do not accompany the cystic artery.[3]

Anatomy

Those cystic veins that arise upon the superior aspect of the body and neck of the gallbladder pass within loose connective tissue that occurs between the gallbladder and liver;[1] they then enter the liver to drain into branches of the hepatic portal vein within the liver.[1][3]

The rest of the gallbladder drains into 1-2 small cystic veins which then usually empty into either the hepatic portal vein within the liver, or[1] into tributaries of the hepatic portal venous system that drain either the proximal bile duct or hepatic ducts;[1][2] rarely, one or more cystic vein(s) drain(s) into the right branch of the hepatic portal vein directly.[1][3]

References

  1. [1]
    Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. pp. 1220–1221. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. [2]
    Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, Anne M. R. (2017). Essential Clinical Anatomy (6th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 503. ISBN 978-1496347213.
  3. [3]
    Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). Elsevier Australia. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.


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