central veins of liver

central veins of liver

[TA]

initial vein of the hepatic venous system, located in the center of the conceptual hepatic lobule, receiving blood from sinuses and draining into collecting veins that become hepatic veins.

Synonym(s): venae centrales hepatis [TA], Krukenberg veins

cen·tral veins of liv·er

(sen'trăl vānz liv'ĕr) [TA]

Initial vein of the hepatic venous system, located in the center of the conceptual hepatic lobule, receiving blood from sinuses and draining into collecting veins that become hepatic veins.
Synonym(s): Krukenberg veins.

Krukenberg,

Adolph, German anatomist, 1816-1877.

Krukenberg veins - the terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie centrally in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids. Synonym(s): central veins of liver