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?
High-Yield Explanation
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.