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Which vein carries nutrient-rich blood from the digestive system to the liver?
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∙ 10y ago
The liver is connected to two blood vessels, one called the hepatic artery and the other the portal vein. The portal vein carries nutrients digested from the gastro intestinal track.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe hepatic portal veins transport nutrients to the liver that will be used by the entire body, but the liver's "private" nutrient transport pathway is the hepatic artery. They both supply the liver to some extent, but oxygen is given up mostly by the hepatic artery. A portal circulation is a "pit stop" where oxygen depleted blood flows from large veins into a web of capillaries and then into another large vein. It only happens twice in the human body, once in the brain's pituitary connecting two originally distant tissues that migrated together, then in the liver, where it bridges gut to liver and helps neutralize blood poisons.
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∙ 10y agoThe hepatic portal vein carries nutrient-rich blood from the digestive system to the liver.
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∙ 13y agoHepatic Portal
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∙ 12y agoHepatic Portal Vein
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∙ 11y agoThis is the portal vein.
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What in the human body carries oxygen into the lungs where it is transferred to the blood?
Digestive system
How do cells get nourished?
Cells receive nourishment from the blood. The blood carries molecules that are broken down from food in the digestive system.
Blood carries food and what to every cell in the body?
Blood doesn't carry food, food travels through the digestive system (Look it up) Blood carries oxygen and iron.
This carries blood from the digestive system to another set of capillaries in the liver?
hepatic portal system
Is it true that plasma carries food from the digestive system to your body cells?
Yes, "plasma" is the term for the main component of blood, and it carries nutrients. However, it is a liquid, not a plasma.
What system makes nutrients available to all cells?
The circulatory system pumps the blood which carries the nutrients that the cells needs. The circulatory system gets the nutrients from the digestive system.
Which human organ system carries nutrients to the cells?
The blood carries nutrients from the small intestine to all over the body. The villi in the small intestine allow nutrients to pass through the intestinal wall to the blood vessels. Then the blood carries the nutrients away.
What does the blood do for the digestive system?
it makes that the digestive system gets all of the blood that it needs. DR. Marvin
Why is it necessary that blood is pumped to the digestive system?
Blood has to be pumped to the digestive system so that carbon dioxide can be extracted from it. The blood can also absorb nutrients that have just been collected from the digestive system.
Is there blood involved in the digestive system?
No. The digestive system is strictly for eating and disposing that food. There is no blood in your stomach (or at least, there is not supposed to be), but there are blood vessels that go around the organs in your digestive system. However, the blood does not go through them.
Why does the digestive system need nutrients?
The blood carries nutrients from the small intestine to all over the body. The villi in the small intestine allow nutrients from digested food to pass through the intestinal wall to the blood vessels. Then the blood carries the nutrients away.
Does plasma carry food from the digestive system?
Yes and no. It carries nutrients and electrolytes that is absorbed from your intestines.
