Abdomen & Stuff

• 1. renal pelvis to ureter
• 2. where crosses common iliac artery
• 3. enters bladder

T5-T9

kidneys, suprarenal glands, ureter, abdominal aorta, IVC

pancreas, asc & desc colon, most of duodenum

esophageal veins to left gastric branch of portal system.

middle and inferior rectal veins to the superior rectal branch of the portal system.

systemic small cutaneous veins around umbilicus with paraumbilical veins of the falciform ligament that drain to the portal vein.

veins from the portal system on the posterior aspects of secondarily retroperitoneal viscera or the liver anastomose with systemic retroperitoneal veins of the posterior abdominal wall or diaphragm