left colic vein
Vena colica sinistra
In 3 atlases
Definition
A portal vein that drains the descending colon. It is a tributary of the inferior mesenteric vein, and follows the path of its corresponding artery, the left colic artery.
Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0
Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Identifiers
- TA2
- 5128
- TA98
- A12.3.12.033
- FMA
- 15394
- UBERON
- 8410017
- Wikidata
- Q4115340