Right gastroepiploic vein

The right gastroepiploic vein (right gastroomental vein) is a blood vessel that drains blood from the greater curvature and left part of the body of the stomach into the superior mesenteric vein. It runs from left to right along the greater curvature of the stomach between the two layers of the greater omentum, along with the right gastroepiploic artery.

Right gastroepiploic vein
Details
Drains from	Stomach
Drains to	Superior mesenteric vein
Artery	Right gastroepiploic artery
Identifiers
Latin	vena gastroomentalis dextra, vena gastroepiploica dextra
TA98	A12.3.12.021
TA2	5116
FMA	15397
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

As a tributary of the superior mesenteric vein, it is a part of the hepatic portal system.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 682 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)