Anatomy
This vessel is the largest vein of the portal venous system.
What is the main portal vein?
This organ filters and processes nutrients delivered by the main portal vein.
What is the liver?
At the porta hepatis, the main portal vein divides into these two branches.
What are the right and left portal veins?
Increased pressure within the portal venous system is called this.
What is portal hypertension?
Unlike most veins, the main portal vein carries blood to this organ instead of directly back to the heart.
What is the liver?
The main portal vein shows up as a dark circle on ultrasound scan and it is referred to as this term for echogenicity.
What is anechoic?
The main portal vein carries blood rich in these substances absorbed from the digestive tract.
What are nutrients?
This anatomical gateway is where the main portal vein enters the liver.
What is the porta hepatis?
A blood clot within the portal vein is known by this term.
What is portal vein thrombosis?
The transducer type that is used to perform protocols on the main portal vein.
Curvilinear or Curved
The main portal vein forms posterior to this part of the pancreas.
What is the neck?
Compared with blood in the hepatic artery, blood in the main portal vein contains less of this gas.
What is oxygen?
Inside the liver, main portal vein branches travel alongside these two structures.
What are the hepatic artery and common bile duct?
This chronic liver disease is the leading cause of portal hypertension.
What is cirrhosis?
In the transverse ultrasound of the right lobe of the liver, these three structures: the common bile duct, hepatic artery, and the main portal vein, form to create the shadow of this famous character.
Who is Mickey Mouse?