Espiral AtlasHepatic portal vein (intrahepatic)
vena portae hepatis (rami intrahepatici)
Inside the liver, paired with the hepatic artery and the bile ducts. The trunk of the portal vein ascends in the hepatoduodenal ligament, in front of the inferior vena cava, and divides at the porta hepatis.
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- Structure
- Neighborhood
- Blood supply
- Clinical
Related clinical cases
- Hepatic resections and rupture of the liver
- Hepatic cirrhosis