Case: A 55-year-old woman is brought to the Emergency Department vomiting large quantities of blood. She is found to be suffering from a condition common in advanced stages of alcoholism which is often fatal.

Name this patient's condition.

rupture of esophageal varices

Name the blood vessel responsible for the patient's condition.

esophageal branch of the left gastric vein

Test questions:

Which of the following drains the blood from liver sinusoids to the inferior vena cava?

A. portal vein

B. umbilical vein

C. ductus venosus

D. Hepatic vein

Which of the following is not a tributary of the portal venous system?

A. splenic vein

B. superior mesenteric vein

C. inferior mesenteric vein

D. superior rectal vein

E. inferior rectal vein

The female structure which traverses the same route as the spermatic cord in the male is the:

A. uterine tube

B. ovarian ligament

C. round ligament

D. mesosalpinx

E. suspensory ligament of the ovary

Answers to identifications

sigmoid colon and jejeuno-ilio mesentary