VENA GASTRICA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

One of several veins draining the stomach walls

Synonyms:

gastric vein; vena gastrica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vena gastrica" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vena gastrica"):

left gastric vein; vena gastrica sinistra (arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein)

pyloric vein; right gastric vein; vena gastrica-dextra (receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein)

Holonyms ("vena gastrica" is a part of...):

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)