Paraumbilical veins

Paraumbilical veins
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Identifiers
Latinvenae paraumbilicales
TA98A12.3.12.013
TA25108
FMA71591
Anatomical terminology

In the course of the round ligament of the liver, small paraumbilical veins are found which establish an anastomosis between the veins of the anterior abdominal wall and the portal vein, hypogastric, and iliac veins. These veins include Burrow's veins, and the veins of Sappey – superior veins of Sappey and the inferior veins of Sappey.[1][2]

The best marked of these small veins is one which commences at the navel (umbilicus) and runs backward and upward in, or on the surface of, the round ligament (ligamentum teres) between the layers of the falciform ligament to end in the left portal vein.

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  2. ^ Khader.O.Thabet, Mohammed Al. "Paraumbilical veins | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org". Radiopaedia. Retrieved 17 January 2023.