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The hepatic artery in the liver enters from the bottom and is much smaller in diameter than the aorta or the portal vein that it lies above. The hepatic vein exits the liver from the top, carries blood through the top portion of the liver, and is larger in diameter than the hepatic artery.
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The liver receives blood from what artery?
The liver receives blood from two sources: Oxygenated blood is supplied in the hepatic artery, a branch of the celiac artery from the abdominal aorta; and venous blood from the entire gastrointestinal tract is brought to the liver by the hepatic portal vein. The blood leaves the liver via a central vein in each lobule, which drains in the hepatic vein.
Is the aorta an artery or a vein?
it is a VEIN <3
What lies between the antecubital vein and the brachial artery?
your lungs.
What veins and arteries travel through the renal sinus?
segmental artery, renal artery, renal vein, arcule vein, interlobular vein, interlobular artery
Is Artery more thicker than vein?
the wall of an artery is usuallythicker that the wall of a vein.
