page_title: Hepatic portal system
hierarchical_section_title: Hepatic portal system
context_page_description: In human anatomy, the hepatic portal system is the system of veins comprising the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries. It is also called the portal venous system and splanchnic veins, which is not synonymous with hepatic portal system and is imprecise.
context_section_description: In human anatomy, the hepatic portal system is the system of veins comprising the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries. It is also called the portal venous system (although it is not the only example of a portal venous system) and splanchnic veins, which is not synonymous with hepatic portal system and is imprecise (as it means visceral veins and not necessarily the veins of the abdominal viscera).
caption: The hepatic portal vein and its territory
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