V. gastrica caudalis. 

 Stomach. ^ 



V. gastroepiploica sinistra. ^ 

 Liver. ^ 



V. gastrica cranialis. . 



V. portse.- ^ 



V. gastroepiploica — 



dextra. 



Duodenum. 



V. pancreaticoduodenalis. "^ 



V. mesenterica cranialis. - ' 



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stomach and anastomose with the left gastric artery. Others carry 

 blood to the pylorus and the beginning of the duodenum, as well as to 



V. colica media 



V. mesenterica caudalis. \ 



V. lienalis. \ '' 



Spleen. '. 



Small colon. 



Right dorsal colon 



Ramus iliacus. 



' Small intestine. 



Left ventral colon. __ 



Left dorsal colon. 



Pelvic flexure 



Fig. 59.— Diagram of the portal vein and its tributaries. 



tlie right extremity of the stomach, (c) The 2^roper hepatic artery (a. 

 hepatica propria) gains the porta of the liver and there divides into 



