GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The liver receives a blood supply from two sources. The first is the hepatic artery which delivers oxygenated blood from the general circulation. The second is the hepatic portal vein delivering deoxygenated blood from the small intestine containing nutrients.

Detailed explanation-2: -Your liver gets blood from two distinct sources: the hepatic artery and the portal vein. Oxygen-rich blood flows in through the hepatic artery, while nutrients from the intestines come through the portal vein. Remember the sinusoids? This is where they get all that oxygen-and nutrient-rich blood.

Detailed explanation-3: -The hepatic artery provides the remaining one third of blood. This oxygen-rich blood comes from the heart and provides the liver with about half of its oxygen supply.

Detailed explanation-4: -The common hepatic artery veers retroperitoneally to the right and enters the hepatoduodenal ligament of the liver. It then divides into the gastroduodenal and proper hepatic arteries, which supply the stomach and duodenum as well as the liver respectively.

Detailed explanation-5: -Function. The common hepatic artery’s function is to supply oxygen-rich blood to the duodenum, pancreas, liver, and parts of the stomach, including the pylorus (a valve that opens and closes during digestion).