Talk:Portal vein

What
What does it mean when someone refers to a vein being "sluggish?" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.210.146.44 (talk • contribs) 14:45, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Hepatic portal vein - moving page?
Does anyone have the power to move this page to hepatic portal vein? The hepatic is official, and is used to distinguish it from the concept of a portal vein in general. Mauvila 16:32, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Information does not match
I realised that the portal venous system information does not match for the "Hepatic Portal Vein" page and the "hypopgysea portal system". One said that there is only 2 while the other stated 3. So which is the accurate one? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lissa tan (talk • contribs) 10:55, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

-- You misspelled. The page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypophyseal_portal_system actually. - 2warped@gmail.com 66.41.250.223 (talk) 05:30, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Function of the portal vein
How about say what it does? e.g. portal vein can carry glucose and amino acids, but fats can only be carried via the lymph? 129.180.166.53 (talk) 03:42, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Requested move 19 March 2016

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The result of the move request was: Move. We appear to have consensus that "Hepatic" isn't needed. Cúchullain t/ c 20:03, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Hepatic portal vein → Portal vein – "Portal vein" redirects to Hepatic portal vein - move back to original title, needless disambiguation + common name.--Tom (LT) (talk) 03:29, 19 March 2016 (UTC) – Tom (LT) (talk) 03:29, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). EdJohnston (talk) 15:44, 19 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment: Needs a discussion. Somebody should review the edit history under Portal vein and see if any of it is still relevant. The original move from Portal vein to Hepatic portal vein took place in 2006. The argument about needless disambiguation looks correct. EdJohnston (talk) 15:44, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:PRECISION. sst✈  06:41, 23 March 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Renal portal system contradiction
Summary states

> It is a major component of the hepatic portal system, one of three portal venous systems in the human body; the others being the hypophyseal and renal portal systems.

But the first sentence in the linked "Renal portal system" article states

> A renal portal system is a portal venous system found in reptiles, and fish excluding hagfish and lampreys. It is not found in mammals.

Is there a renal portal system in the human body or not? 134.100.13.82 (talk) 09:59, 15 March 2024 (UTC)