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PROFESSOR T. J. PARKER ON THE 
end of the free or dorsal lohe of the pancreas. From the latter it receives small 
pancreatic veins, and finally unites with the anterior lieno-gastric to form the 
gastro-intestinal vein at about the level of the pylorus. 
The anterior lieno-gastric vein 
(Plate 36, figs. 12 and 13, Ant. li. gast. V. ) accompanies the lieno-gastric artery, 
receiving the blood from the posterior two-thirds of the dorsal wall of the cardiac 
division of the stomach and from the larger or left lobe of the spleen. As mentioned 
above it unites with the dorsal intestinal vein at about the level of the pylorus, 
forming the gastro-intestinal vein. 
In connexion with this vein there is a very remarkable anastomosis placing 
the portal circulation in direct and open communication with the ordinary systemic 
veins. This consists of a vessel (Plate 34, fig. 1 ; Plate 35, fig. 10 ; Plate 37, figs. 
12 and 13, v), accompanying the proximal portion of the lieno-gastric artery, opening 
ventrally into the anterior lieno-gastric vein close to its junction with the dorsal 
intestinal, and communicating dorsally with the spermatic vein near its junction 
with the right cardinal. 
The anterior gastric vein 
(Plate 36, figs. 12 and 13, Ant. gast. V'.) accompanies the artery of the same 
name, bringing blood from the proximal third of the dorsal wall of the cardiac 
division of the stomach. It enters the gastro-intestinal vein shortly before its 
junction with the portal. 
The ventral gastric vein. 
This (Plate 36, figs. 12 and 13, Vent. gast. V.) is the largest of the gastric veins, 
receiving the blood from the whole ventral region of the cardiac division. It 
accompanies the ventral gastric artery and opens into the portal vein about 2 cm. 
cephalad of the junction with it of the gastro-intestinal vein. 
4. The hepatic veins and sinus. 
a. Hepatic veins. 
Verne cavce hepaticce, Monro (16). 
Veines hepatiques, Milne Edwards (14). 
h. Hepatic sinus. 
Receptacle formed by the venae cavce hepaticce, Monro (16). 
Hepatic sinus, Parker (21 and 23). 
The blood supplied to the liver by the hepatic arteries and portal vein is collected 
into two immense hepatic veins (Plate 35, fig. 9 ; Plate 37, figs. 21 and 22, Hep. V.), 
