ileocolic vein in dogs

The ileocolic vein is a vein which drains the ileum, colon, and cecum. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the ileocolic vein is

The ileocolic vein is a vein which drains the ileum, colon, and cecum. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a vein at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the ileocolic vein is

It sits within the cardiovascular system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What the ileocolic vein connects to

The atlas records 5 typed relationships for it, across 3 kinds of connection. a kind of ileal vein.

Supply and innervation

Venous drainage: superior mesenteric vein.

Also called

Also recorded as vena ileocolica. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001219, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• A kind of: ileal vein.
• Drains: caecum, colon and ileum.
• drains to: superior mesenteric vein.

Questions

Where is the ileocolic vein?

It sits within the cardiovascular system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What does the ileocolic vein connect to?

A kind of: ileal vein.

Is the ileocolic vein the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.