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superior mesenteric vein

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001138

In anatomy, the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) is a blood vessel that drains blood from the small intestine. At its termination behind the neck of the pancreas, the SMV combines with the splenic vein to form the hepatic portal vein. The SMV lies to the right of the similarly named artery, the superior mesenteric artery, which originates from the abdominal aorta. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_mesenteric_vein ]

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database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Gray591.png

has related synonym

upper mesenteric vein, vena mesenterica superior

id

UBERON:0001138

prefLabel

Superior mesenteric vein

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606