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Where would you expect to find the hepatic macrophages of the liver?
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Hepatic macrophages are special phagocytic cells, also called Kupffer cells, that line the sinusoids and remove debris from the blood.
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∙ 14y agoThey are found in the sinusoids.
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What systemic blood vessel would you expect to have a high glucose content immediately after eating?
The blood vessel that contains the most glucose after eating is the hepatic portal vein. High concentration of glucose to low Hepatic portal vein > hepatic vein > mesenteric artery -Ruffles
What rich material processed by the liver would the blood in the hepatic portal vein contain?
Nutrients are the rich material carried by the hepatic portal vein to the liver and then to the heart. The liver receives about seventy-five percent of its blood through the hepatic portal vein.
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.
Substances absorbed in the intestines would be routed to the liver via the?
hepatic portal system
Why would you not expect to see tissue macrophages in a blood smear?
Tissue macrophages reside in the tissues, not the blood. Tissue macrophages can't be seen because, macrophages as well as neutrophils are the only transient residents of the bloodstream, and more out of the circulation and into the tissues relatively quickly (within a few hours).
What Changes would you expect to see in the liver of someone suffering from chronic alcoholism?
The liver would exhibit scarring.
What does the hepathetic portal vein connect?
its the hepatic portal vein, and it refers to the liver. Seeing as it is a vein, it would bring blood from the liver to either the small intestine or back to the heart.
Is a progressive degenerative disease of the liver that is often caused by excessive alcohol use or by viral hepatitis B or C?
Cirohiss of the liver
What does transhepatic?
Most medical terms are usually latin based. "Trans" means to cross, usually a barrier of some sort. "Hepatic" refers to the liver. You may have heard of hepatitis, which is a term used to describe inflammation of the liver. (Hepatic = liver, itis = inflammation of) So....Transhepatic would mean something that crosses the liver. This likely refers to a medication that is able to partially bypass the filtering mechanism of the liver. (which most medications must do in order to still have an effect on the body)
What cells do you have in the liver?
hepatic cells.
What does transhepatic mean?
Most medical terms are usually latin based. "Trans" means to cross, usually a barrier of some sort. "Hepatic" refers to the liver. You may have heard of hepatitis, which is a term used to describe inflammation of the liver. (Hepatic = liver, itis = inflammation of) So....Transhepatic would mean something that crosses the liver. This likely refers to a medication that is able to partially bypass the filtering mechanism of the liver. (which most medications must do in order to still have an effect on the body)
Would you expect to see strands of connective tissue within the pancreas and liver?
Because blood vessels are embedded in the pancreas and liver
