The nurse educator is reviewing the blood supply of the GI tract with a group of medical nurses
The nurse is explaining the fact that the veins that return blood from the digestive organs and the spleen form the portal venous system. What large veins will the nurse list when describing this system? Select all that apply.
A) Splenic vein
B) Inferior mesenteric vein
C) Gastric vein
D) Inferior vena cava
E) Saphenous vein
Ans: A, B, C
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This portal venous system is composed of five large veins: the superior mesenteric, inferior mesenteric, gastric, splenic, and cystic veins, which eventually form the vena portae that enters the liver. The inferior vena cava is not part of the portal system. The saphenous vein is located in the leg.
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