A macroscopical investigation of the portal veins of the Van cat

Z. Ozudogru, Z. Soyguder, G. Aksoy and H. Karadag
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Z. Ozudogru: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Ataturk, Erzurum, Turkey
Z. Soyguder: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Yuzuncu Yil, Van, Turkey
G. Aksoy: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Kafkas, Kars, Turkey
H. Karadag: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Yuzuncu Yil, Van, Turkey

Veterinární medicína, 2005, vol. 50, issue 2, 77-84

Abstract: In this study veins that constituted the portal vein were investigated in eight adult Van cats. The portal vein of the Van cat was composed of five peripheral branches which supplied the abdominal organs and two intrahepatic branches at the hepatic porta. The peripheral branches were cranial mesenteric, splenic, gastroduodenal, right gastric and cystic veins. The cranial mesenteric vein was the largest vessel that joined to the portal vein, and was constituted by the caudal pancreaticoduodenal, ileal, ileocolic and jejunal veins. The splenic vein was formed by the left gastric, left gastroepiploic, pancreatic and short gastric veins. The gastroduodenal vein was formed by the cranial pancreaticoduodenal and right gastroepiploic veins. The right gastric vein separately joined to the portal vein. The caudal mesenteric vein joined to the portal vein either alone or by a common trunk receiving either the caudal pancreaticoduodenal vein or ileocolic vein. The caudal mesenteric vein also opened rarely into the splenic vein. Intrahepatic branches were the right branch which gave off the ramus caudatus and ramus dexter lateralis, and the left branch which gave off the ramus dexter medialis, ramus quadratus, ramus sinister lateralis and ramus sinister medialis.

Keywords: portal vein; cat; anatomy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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