KROK 1 2014 – Question 200 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A patient has been found to have a marked dilatation of saphenous veins in the region of anterior abdominal wall around the navel. This is symptomatic of pressure increase in the following vessel:
- A. V. mesenterica inferior
- B. V. portae hepatis
- C. V. mesenterica superior
- D. V. cava superior
- E. V. cava inferior
Hint
Consider which venous system has anastomoses with the superficial veins of the abdominal wall around the umbilicus and what raises its pressure.
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