Esophageal veins

Esophageal veins
Details
Artery	esophageal artery
Identifiers
Latin	Venae oesophageales
TA	A12.3.04.011 A12.3.07.006
FMA	70834
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

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.

In the abdomen, some drain to the left gastric vein.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Histology image: 49_08 at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
largeintestine at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (portalsystem)
http://www.med.mun.ca/anatomyts/digest/avein6.htm

To azygos system

To IVC or left renal vein

Unpaired

posterior:	iliolumbar superior gluteal lateral sacral

anterior:	inferior gluteal obturator uterine ♀ uterine plexus ♀ vesical vesical plexus prostatic plexus ♂ deep of penis ♂/clitoris ♀ posterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀ vaginal plexus/vein ♀ middle rectal internal pudendal inferior rectal bulb of penis ♂/vestibule ♀ rectal plexus

Splenic	short gastric left gastroepiploic pancreatic inferior mesenteric superior rectal left colic

Superior mesenteric	right gastroepiploic pancreaticoduodenal jejunal ileal middle colic right colic ileocolic appendicular

Direct	cystic left gastric/esophageal right gastric paraumbilical

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