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What is unusual about the hepatic portal vein?
The hepatic portal vein in frogs is unusual in that it is divided into two portals, the hepatic and the renal. In higher vertebrates, the hepatic portal system is the only one present.
This carries blood from the digestive system to another set of capillaries in the liver?
hepatic portal system
What is the hepatic system?
The hepatic (portal) system refers to the blood vessels that carry blood from the intestines, stomach, pancreas and spleen to the liver. Blood containing nutrients or drugs absorbed from the intestine is transported by the hepatic portal system to the liver for metabolism before distribution to the rest of the body.
What is the primary organ in the hepatic system?
The primary organ in the hepatic system is the liver. In general, "hepa" means "liver" in science; for example, hepatitis = disease of the liver, hepatocellular carcinoma = liver cancer.
What is hepatic portal?
The hepatic portal system basically consists of the hepatic portal artery, responsible for taking the products of digestion from the small intestine to the liver, where they are broken down further, cleaned of any microbes, and sent to all the body cells via the hepatic portal vein.
What is the circulatory route called that runs from the digestive tract to the liver?
It is called the hepatic portal circulation. A portal system is a system of blood vessels that begin in capillaries and end in capillaries without passing through the heart. The hepatic portal system begins in the capillaries in the digestive tract wall and ends in the capillaries in the liver.
What is the source of blood in the hepatice portal system?
The source of blood in the hepatice portal system is the blood in the circulatory system itself. The hepatic portal is not seperate from the rest of the system, it is just a minor detour that takes blood from the digestive organs towards the liver where it can get further processing.
The unusual circulatory pattern involving the liver and digestive organs is referred to as the a pulmonary circuit b glycogenic blood barrier c hepatic portal system d lymphatic circuit?
The answer is the Hepatic Portal System.
Nutrients from the digestive tract enter from what veins?
Hepatic portal system (vein)
Receives blood via the hepatic portal system?
THE LIVER
What is the difference between renal and hepatic circulation?
Renal circulation, receiving about 20% of cardiac output, branches from the abdominal aorta and returns to the ascending vena cava. Hepatic circulation is the system of veins made of the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries.
How do nutrients pass from the digestive system to the circulatory system?
They go first to the liver via the hepatic portal vein.
