If cirrhosis causes obstruction of the poal circulation within the liver, poal blood could still be conveyed to the caval system which of the following?
Correct Answer: Azygos and hemiazygos veins
Description: Other impoant poacaval connections include the superior rectal vein with the middle and inferior rectal veins; paraumbilical veins and epigastric veins (engorgement of these vessels results in caput-medusae); and the colic and splenic veins with renal veins and veins of the posterior body wall.
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