Systemic Circulation - Veins
Portal Circulation The hepatic portal system is designed to take nutrient rich venous blood from the digestive tract capillaries and transport it to the sinusoidal capillaries of the liver As it percolates through the liver sinusoids the hepatocytes of the liver acting as the chemical factories of the body extract and add what they wish to maintain homeostasis extracting sugars fats proteins when appropriate and then dumping them back into the circulation when necessary
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