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NO.Portal vein is a vein,but is an important supply to liver which carries nutrients absorbed from gastrointestinal tract and spleen.Meseteric arteries are the arteries supplying intestine.On the other hand superior mesenteric vein is a tribuatory to portal vein.
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What vessels bring blood to liver?
bawbeg vessel
What is a hepatic triad and what does it consists of?
A portal triad is comprised of a hepatic artery, a hepatic portal vein and a bile duct. There is also a nerve that accompanies each triad.
The liver receives blood from what two sources?
from hepatic portal vein and hepatic artery
What is the hepatic artery to portal vein blood flow ratio?
1;3
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 type of circulation takes place in the liver?
two types: "normal" via the hepatic artery and "portal" via the portal vein outflow is directly to the inferior vena-cava. "PORTAL" describes the flow of blood that has already bathed the intestines from the mesinteric artery
What 3 structures are found in the portal triad region of the liver?
hepatic artery, portal vein, and common bile
What vessels supply blood to the liver?
The proper hepatic artery supplies the liver and gall bladder
Vessel that transports nutrients to the liver?
An artery carries blood to the liver, not a vein. The hepatic artery.Maybe you meant to ask which vein receives nutrient-rich blood from the small intestine. That would be the superior mesenteric vein. But it doesn't go to the liver.
Where is the hepatic pedicle?
This is the entire hepato-duodenal ligament. Temporary occlusion of the hepatic artery and portal vein can be done quickly by placing a vascular clamp around the hepatic pedicle.
How do you differentiate between an artery and vein in the liver?
The hepatic artery in the liver enters from the bottom and is much smaller in diameter than the aorta or the portal vein that it lies above. The hepatic vein exits the liver from the top, carries blood through the top portion of the liver, and is larger in diameter than the hepatic artery.
What is unusual about the blood supply of the liver?
It receives blood from two (2) sourcesThe Hepatic Artery- it delivers oxygenated blood from the general circulationThe Hepatic Portal Vein-it carries deoxygenated blood containing nutrients from the small intestine.
