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# Title: Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 71; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 71)
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Lhc Veins consist ot tour LunICKS, a NerroUS, ted From Them. Buc 10 retum ro che Dirisions of
evards he Bead CCy Which 30 corards che
Arms, are called Axillary; thac aboue che FCaFE
Coronary; in the Lungs Pulmonary; in the Live
Frepatiele, Oe Liver-Vein; in the Diaphrasma
Phrenica; in che Thighs Crural; in che Reins
Emulgents; and (0 from its various Ramisication
ic is varionsy denominated. Blanchard.
SFNIA CaVA. SeC CaVA
ena
VENA Portae, is an notable Vein, (0 called FrOI
the rro Eminences, called by Pippoerates avnai
bereen which ic enters the Liver. The
VEVIA Porta a5 iE enters into the Liver, i
inrested with anorher Coac, Which some call Vazi-
na Porrae, ies Streath, others C apsula or involuerum
its Cale, Or Cover, and Capsula communis, because
che Porus bilarius is involved in ic a5 vell as the
Porta.
This Outer Coac it has ineaces trom che
Membrane that cloaths the Liver; chac is, ic il
continued trom ic, choush ic be oF a clcar, ocher
Substance, namely more dense and carnous; ic i
invested wrich it in all ies Ramifications, and Po ha
vins a double Coac, is in chac respect an AFterY, a
also in chac ic brinss Blood toche Lirer For its Nou
ristiment, 25 well as for ocher Vles; and lacly
inco che Capsula, ic has an obseure Pulsacion (ac.
cordins rO Lr. Olissen.
irtien ic is enter d about halt au nen hlothe
Liver, ic is carried parrly roche RighE FTand, ParE
Jy c0 che Letr, and (0 is Map d into a Sinue as il
ivere, and thence is dirided inco Are larse Bran-
ches, Tour whereot are diffus d all orer the, hollon
side oFthe Liver, buc the Atch alcends AreiphE tO
irs upper side, Wrhere it disperses it (elf. The Paid
Sinus is more conspicuous in an Lmbryo, because
the crear Insux ot nurricious fuice by che. Umbili-
cal Veins enlarses ic much. Some make ic a Por
OF a Flcart, oblerring in ic an obscurer kind ot sy-
stole and Diastole, Whereby che Morion OF theBl00d
in che Branches oF the Porta Wichin the Liver, 15
promoted in like manner, a5 ic is in the Arteria
pulmonaris, and Aorta by che Righe and L efr Ven
cricles oF the FTCarr. Wichour wvtich Pulsation,
cherthink che Blood vould hardlr pals out oF the
larger Branches oF che Porra  t Matsoer, alte
Sinus.)
the Porta
Joc Ancienes taughr, thar they vere onty spread
in the sinvous or hollon part of che Liver; bur
DE. Clisson, in his accurare Anatomr ot ic, affirms
the Porra to be disperled very equally in all irs
PATIS, uxper as Wvell aS lorVet.
And Whereas it has been a constant Doctrine
Thatche Branches ot the Porta open bY Anastomo-
ses, into chole of thie Cava; the lame learned Au-
thor, and mans ochers lince him, hare obserred
Thacthere are no such Anastomeses ac aII, but chac
the Blood dochouze chrouphche glandulous Paren-
chyma ot che Liver, out oF the Capillary Veins ot
che Porra, into those oF the CaVa. Ile thac ivoule
be fuller informed hereot, may consult his most ac
curate Book de Fsepare: Buc ive will non palsto
the Branches oF the Porta, When ic is sone out ot
the Liver.
This Frunk harins past a sicrle from the Lirer
betore ic be serered inro Branches, purs Forrh evo
Tvigs, out oF ies upper and fore- pare, which are
inserted into the Cystis fellea, Or Call. bladder, (and
are trom chence called Cysticae semella) abour che
Neck oF it, and spread by innumerable Twise
chrough ies externat Coac.
Achird Tvis alo ariles sinole trom it, wtichis
larger than eitherot che former, and is inserted in-
ro the Borrom of the righe side of the Stomach.
trom Wrhence ic ascends by its hinder side up toche
Pylorus, which sires ic the Name oF Pylorica; it is
ottrermise called, Castrica dextra-
Flavins sene Forchthele chree Twigs, the Frunk
passech donn, and bendins a lirele torrards che
Lete sde, ic is parred into evo remartcable Bran
ches; Whercot che upper is called sinister, or the
Lest, and is che lesser; the lorver Dexter Or the
Risht, wrhich is che larser. The Lefr is bestoved
uxon the Scomach, che Omentum, a parr oF the Colon
and che Spleen; the Righr is spread chroueh che
Cuts and Mesenterr; the Lett is called, Vena Sple
nica; buc che Rishr, Vena Mesenterica.
The Vena Splenica, runs aerols the BodY 10-
wards rhe Letr side, beins suctained by the hinder
Leat oF che Cawl, and hach tuo Branches issuine
out oF it belore it come to thespleen, viz. THCSu-
periour and the Inferiour.
The Superiour is called Gastrica, Or Ventricularis
becauleitis bestored uponthe Stomach; ic ascends
obliquely rorards che letr part ot che Stomach, in-
2o rhe back side whereot ic is inserred, and dirides
it self ineo chrec Spriss, of which che co ourmost
are spene on the Body oF the Stomach, bur che
midale alcends on its back- (ide up 10 itS upPeF, OY
a
letr Oritice, which ir encompasses like a Carland
andis called Coronaria. From che Inferiour Branch
Evo Trvies sprine; che one is mall, and sends
Tvigs toche Righe side of the inner Leaf of che
Omentum, and ro the Colon annexed eo ic. This is
Called Epiplois, Or Omentalis dextra. The orter le
spent uxon the Came LeaFoF che Omenium, wicl
chac part oE che Colon wrhich it ries eo the Back, and
is called, Fpiplois, Or Omentalis postica.
a Glandulous, a Muscular, and a MembranaceouS
One. The Branches of the Vena Cava, abovc thc
Fleare, are called fugular Veins, Which 30 10
Ih an Embryo very oblerrable 15 the Tubulus, Ox
Canalis Venosm, Which passes directlr out ot this
Sinus, into the Cava, (almost opposite co the Mouct
OF the Ombelical Vein that opens into che
This Canalis, or Pipe, is oFche lame Substance
and Lileture wich a Vein, and enters into theca-
va jult dsic penetrares che Diaphragma; and chere
also trS ottier great Branches out oF the L iver are
inserteu into the Cava; and in the lame place chis
Lipe ls also knir ro che suspenlory Ligamene, 25 ic
is called, and atcer che Child is born, sros ic
self inco a Ligamene, beins in a manner opposire
to che mbilical Lisament.
TES DSC in the Faerus, is for the freer and readier
Morion oF che Bl00d and Chyle out oF che Umbili-
Cal Vein inco cheCava, sceins the Current is hardly
Arons enouch ro perrade che Parenchyma ot the
Firer; nor indeed is there any realon why thelaid
Liquors Mould pals chere chrough, secins chere is
cicher licele or no Bile cherein; Or horvever, cher
venosum, and is implantea Ese set Pat O I
When the Ramus Splenicus hach just approached
(0 on into the ROOES OF the Cava.
EorHC Spleen, it sends out cuo orher Tviss, che
upper and loiver. LhC Opper 15 Called, Vas breve
Boccom otihe diomaeA. AE LS IoMCCICSMIMElC, II
Cvtrich cale iC 1S Propetis called, Vas breve in the
lngular Number; buc more olten there are two,
chree or more olthem, and then chele Vesels, Be
asc nor jec in a concitionco tave ihe lame sepaia.) prey one de more, de lomerimes sine
tie