liver, small paraumbilical veins are found which establish an anastomosis between the veins of the anterior abdominal wall and the portal vein, hypogastric...

engorged paraumbilical veins that radiate from the umbilicus across the abdomen to join systemic veins. Produces abdominal collateral veins to bypass...

portal veins are those veins that drain directly into the liver without joining the hepatic portal vein. These include the paraumbilical veins as well...

vein degenerates to fibrous tissue. The left portal vein (which gives branches to paraumbilical veins) is connected to the round ligament (ligamentum teres)...

hypertension is the cause of the distension of the paraumbilical veins (i.e. an acquired condition in which the veins reopen due to high portal pressure). Cruveilhier–Baumgarten...

the round ligament and the paraumbilical veins. It is a remnant of the embryonic ventral mesentery. The umbilical vein of the fetus gives rise to the...

dilated paraumbilical collateral veins due to portal hypertension. Blood from the portal venous system may be forced through the paraumbilical veins and ultimately...

Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease. In this condition there are prominent umbilical and paraumbilical veins; auscultation over these vessels may reveal a humming sound (i.e...

thoracoepigastric vein. When this occurs, there can be an externally visible dilation of the paraumbilical (and perhaps even the thoracoepigastric veins) which leads...

the tube. The reason for this effect is the high number of arteries and veins in the peritoneal cavity. Through the mechanism of diffusion, waste products...