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What supplys the blood to the liver?

The liver receives a dual blood supply from the hepatic portal vein and hepatic arteries. Hepatic portal vein gets it a food supply which comes from digestive canal.


The liver receives blood from what two sources?

from hepatic portal vein and hepatic artery


This carries blood from the digestive system to another set of capillaries in the liver?

hepatic portal system


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.


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.


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.


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 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.


Name the blood vessel that carries digested food to the liver?

hepatic portal vein


What are the PORTAL systems in the human body?

Portals systems in the human body refer to blood vessels that allow for the transport of blood between two different organ systems before returning to the heart. The hepatic portal system, for example, carries nutrient-rich blood from the digestive system to the liver for processing.


What vessels supply blood to the liver?

The proper hepatic artery supplies the liver and gall bladder


What is the source of blood in in hepatic portal system?

Portal vein receives blood from two major veins, Superior mesenteric vein that drains the entire small bowel and splenic vein which drains the entire large bowel and spleen. Portal vein supplies about 60% of the total blood flow to the liver.