Esophageal veins

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Esophageal veins
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Artery Esophageal artery
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Latin venae oesophageales
TA98 A12.3.04.011
A12.3.07.006
TA2 4751
FMA 70834
Anatomical terminology

The esophageal veins drain blood from the esophagus to the azygos vein, in the thorax, and to the inferior thyroid vein in the neck. It also drains, although with less significance, to the hemiazygos vein, posterior intercostal vein and bronchial veins.[ citation needed ]

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In the abdomen, some drain to the left gastric vein which drains into the portal vein. [1] [2]

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References

PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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