porta

1. SYN: hilum (1). 2. SYN: interventricular foramen. [L. gate]

- p. hepatis [TA] a transverse fissure on the visceral surface of the liver between the caudate and quadrate lobes, lodging the portal vein, hepatic artery, hepatic nerve plexus, hepatic ducts, and lymphatic vessels. SYN: caudal transverse fissure, portal fissure.

- p. lienis SYN: splenic hilum.

- p. pulmonis SYN: hilum of lung.

- p. renis SYN: hilum of kidney.

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por·ta 'pȯrt-ə n, pl por·tae -ē an opening in a bodily part where the blood vessels, nerves, or ducts leave and enter: HILUM

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n.

the aperture in an organ through which its associated vessels pass. Such an opening occurs in the liver (porta hepatis).

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por·ta (porґtə) pl. porґtae [L.] anatomical nomenclature for an opening, especially the site of entrance to an organ of the blood vessels and other structures supplying or draining it.