ileocolic vein

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 human body.

Where the ileocolic vein is

It sits within the cardiovascular system. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

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. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What does the ileocolic vein connect to?

A kind of: ileal vein.

Is the ileocolic vein the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.