Assertion: portal vein | /r/CapableOf | collect blood
Facets:
value: from the spleen
type: LOCATION
value: from pancreas
type: LOCATION
value: from the abdominal viscera
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The Portal Vein is a significant venous route [about 3 inches (7.5 cm) in length], which collects blood from (i) abdominal and pelvic parts of the alimentary tract (with the exception of lower part of the anal canal), (ii) gallbladder, (iii) pancreas, and (iv) spleen, and transports it to the liver.
text: The portal vein is the large vein that collects blood from the abdominal part of the gastrointestinal tract from the lower third of esophagus to halfway down the anal canal including spleen, pancreas and gall bladder.
text: Because the portal vein collects blood from the abdominal viscera, the rate of flow is variable, depending on physiologic factors such as eating, which increases, or stress, which decreases, portal flow.
text: The portal vein, formed by union of the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) and the splenic vein behind the neck of the pancreas, collects blood from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (SMV and inferior mesenteric vein [IMV]) and from the spleen and pancreas (splenic vein).