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Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the organs.
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∙ 13y agoBlood carries nutrients from the intestines to the liver via the hepatic portal vein.
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What is the first organ that gets nutrient-rich blood?
The liver
Which organs main function is to filter and process the nutrient-rich blood delivered to it?
The liver
Name the blood vessel that carries digested food to the liver?
hepatic portal vein
Which vein carries nutrient-rich blood from the digestive system to the liver?
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.See the related links for more information.
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.
What are the names of the two veins that carry nutrient-rich blood from the digestive organs to the liver for processing?
hepatic portal and portal veins
Can vein carry oxygen rich blood?
The only vein that normally carries oxygen rich blood is the pulmonary vein which carries freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart for distribution to the body. Ordinary veins can have oxygen poor blood but don't carry oxygen rich blood.
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.
Do arteries carry nutrient-rich blood to capillaries?
Yes they do
Blood vessels associated with verterbrate liver?
The blood vessel that carries blood away from the liver is the portal vein. The portal vein carries blood from the small intestine and other digestive organs directly to the liver.Hope this helps guys and girls.
7 In the leopard frog heart The right atrium carries oxygen rich blood?
In the leopard frog heart, the right atrium carries oxygen poor blood and the left atrium carries oxygen rich blood.
What is the umbilical cord vital for the gestation of the young?
The umbilical cord contains the blood vessels that carry oxygenated and nutrient-rich food from the placenta to the fetus, and blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood and nutrient-rich blood from the fetus to the placenta.
