Porta

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 38

(por'-ta/i). I. Gate; the hilus of an organ through which the ve els enter. 2. The foramen of Monro. P. hepatis, P. jecoris, the transverse fi ure of the liver, through which the ve els enter. P. labyrinth i, the fenestra rotunda. P. omenti, the foramen of Winslow.