The Clinical Anatomy of the Vascular System | Ch 75

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

6-12-2025

Editor

Stephen J. Bordes, Jr., Joe Iwanaga, Marios Loukas, R. Shane Tubbs

Abstract

It is well documented that the embryonic vitelline vein contributes to the portal venous system, developing at 5 weeks gestation. It is suggested that after its partial regression, the left vitelline vein ultimately remains as the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) (Franceschi et al. 2022; Marks 1969). However, a 2017 study of 5- to 6-week-old embryos suggested that the SMV develops instead from a tissue cleft formed by the regression of the left vitelline vein in a peritoneal fold of the midgut mesentery (Abe et al. 2017).

First Page

485

Last Page

487

Chapter Title

Chapter 75 - Superior Mesenteric Vein

Publisher

Springer Nature

ISBN

[9783031783258, 9783031783265]

Rights

© 2025 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

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