LIVER PANCREAS
LIVER
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brings blood rich in nutrients from the gut
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brings deoxygenated blood to the liver
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brings oxygenated blood to the liver
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is the role of the hepatic portal vein? The hepatic portal vein is the part of the hepatic portal system. It carries blood from the intestines, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen and delivers it to the liver. It contains blood with nutrients and toxins after digestion.
Detailed explanation-2: -A blood vessel that carries blood to the liver from the intestines, spleen, pancreas, and gallbladder.
Detailed explanation-3: -The liver processes the nutrients in this blood and filters out toxic substances. The hepatic veins then carry the blood away from the liver and into the inferior vena cava, which leads to the right atrium, one of the four chambers of the heart.
Detailed explanation-4: -’Hepatic’ means of or relating to the liver, therefore the hepatic portal vein is a blood vessel that sends nutrient-rich blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to the liver, but also delivers toxins to the liver that will be chemically modified in the proces of detoxication.
Detailed explanation-5: -Nutrient-rich blood flows into the liver from the intestines through the hepatic portal vein.