Short gastric veins
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The short gastric veins, four or five in number, drain the fundus
and left part of the greater curvature of the stomach
, and pass between the two layers of the gastrolienal ligament to end in the lienal vein or in one of its large tributaries.
Fundus (stomach)
The fundus of the stomach is the left portion of the stomach's body, and is marked off from the remainder of the body by a plane passing horizontally through the cardiac orifice....
and left part of the greater curvature of the stomach
Stomach
The stomach is a muscular, hollow, dilated part of the alimentary canal which functions as an important organ of the digestive tract in some animals, including vertebrates, echinoderms, insects , and molluscs. It is involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication .The stomach is...
, and pass between the two layers of the gastrolienal ligament to end in the lienal vein or in one of its large tributaries.