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The hepatic portal vein carries blood (and absorbed nutrients) from the small intestine to the liver.
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What causes blood flow to be restricted by a diseased liver?
As the liver scars, blood flow is progressively restricted in the portal vein, which carries blood from the stomach and abdominal organs to the liver.
The single vessel that drains blood from the digestive tract organs to the liver is the?
The single vessel that drains blood from the digestive tract organs to the liver is the hepatic portal vein. Blood flow to the liver is unique, in that it receives both oxygenated and partially deoxygenated blood.
What is hepatopetal flow in the main portal vein of liver?
normal blood flow in portal vein and patent portal vein is a sign of the normal physiological condition of liver blood web and clearness of portal venous way
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 is the hepatic artery to portal vein blood flow ratio?
1;3
What is the only vertebrate that allows blood to flow directly from respiratory organs to body tissues without returning to the heart?
no options are given to answerfish
What is the medical term meaning abnormal blood vessel creating abnormal blood flow around the liver?
The answer is Protosystemis ShuntOrdinarily the blood coming away from the digestive tract is kept in a venous network (the "portal" system) separated from from blood that is returning directly to the heart via the vena cava (the "systemic" flow). This portal blood must first be cleaned and detoxified by the liver before merging with systemic venous blood.If there is abnormal flow which permits the "dirty" digestive blood tobypass the liver, it is called a Porto-Systemic "shunt".
Where does blood flow to after the small intestine?
the bllod from small intestine drains into portal vein and which gives that blood to liver
What is peripheral blood flow?
Peripheral blood flow refers to blood flow that occurs in the extremities as opposed to blood that flows to the brain, heart, lungs, and vital organs.
What happens to your liver during shock?
Hypovolemic shock markedly decreases total liver blood flow by a reduction in portal venous blood flow.
How do arteries supplying the leg muscles alter the rate of blood flow through them during exercise?
the sympathetic nervous system redirects blood flow from organs to the muscles and then the blood vessels of the organs constricts to prevent blood returning.
How do organs regulate their own blood flow?
The organs do this by varying the relative resistance of their own arterioles.
