Lec 24 Blood Vessels 2

Question 1

Blood enters the liver from which 2 sources?

Answer 1

1. hepatic artery - contains oxygenated blood

2. portal vein

Question 2

what are the 3 components of the portal vein? what intestines do each supply?

Answer 2

superior mesenteric - small intestine
inferior mesenteric - large intestine
splenic vein

Question 3

blood is trained into the liver by which vein? where does it empty into?

Answer 3

hepatic vein

empties into inferior vena cava

Question 4

pathway from spleen to heart

Answer 4

splenic vein -> portal vein -> hepatic vein -> inferior vena cava -> atrium