It serves the body in three ways.
•Removes excess glucose and stores it in the liver as glycogen.
•Detoxifys blood.
•Removes various poisonous substances present in blood.
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.
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.
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D. Inferior vena cava is not part of the splanchnic circulation. The splanchnic circulation includes the celiac artery, hepatic portal vein, and superior mesenteric artery, which supply blood to the digestive organs. The inferior vena cava returns blood from the lower body to the heart.
Portal circulation involves the liver, and the portal vein (unlike most organs, where an artery carries blood TO the organ) carries blood TO the liver from the intestines. The liver helps to process nutrients, and enzymatically convert medication and drugs into both active and inactive by-products. The largest vessel in this system is the portal vein, followed by the hepatic veins, which carry blood from the liver to the inferior vena cava and back to the heart. The function of the hepatic portal circulation is to : collect absorbed nurtients for metabolic processing or storage.
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.
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.
portal circulation refers to the circulation of the blood from the small intestine to the liver, via the portal vein. Blood flow to the liver is unique in that it receives oxygenated and de-oxygenated blood. Blood passes from branches of the portal vein through cavities between "plates" of hepetocytes called sinusoids. Blood also flows from branches of the hepatic artery and mixes into the sinusoids to supply the hepatocytes with oxygen. This mixture percolates through the sinusoids and collects in a central vein which drain into the hepatic vein. The hepatic vein subsequently drains into the inferior vena cava. =)
Blood flows to the renal circulation through the renal artery, which branches off the abdominal aorta. Once in the kidneys, blood is filtered and waste products are removed. Portal circulation transports blood from the digestive organs to the liver through the hepatic portal vein. In the liver, nutrients are processed and toxins are removed before the blood is distributed to the rest of the body.
Humans have a hepatic portal system that brings all the venous flow from the digestive system into the liver. Reptiles have a renal portal system, which brings blood from internal organs to their kidneys, mostly because their digestive tract and urinary tract only have the cloaca to eliminate waste from their body. Since humans have separate systems for eliminating waste, the anus and urethra, the human body, like all other mammals, developed a hepatic portal system.
Blood to be processed by the liver enters via two sources: * the hepatic artery which delivers oxygenated blood from the general circulation * the portal vein from the small intestine (deoxygenated blood) Blood exits through the hepatic vein to the heart.
No. Portal Hypertension is specific hypertension in the portal system while general hypertension is the primary hypertension. Portal hypertension happens when there is high pressure in the portal circulation or the circulation in the Liver and lower body organs.