1. a vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon; [syn: ileocolic vein, vena ileocolica]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ileocolic vein
n 1: a vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix
and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon
[syn: ileocolic vein, vena ileocolica]