Colic veins

Colic veins

Anatomy

Course
All the colic veins follow their corresponding arteries and eventually empty into the superior and inferior mesenteric veins.

Drain

Left colic drains the descending colon, the right colic drains the ascending colon and the middle colic drains the transverse colon.

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