Liver

Question 1

Where does the liver receive Blood from

Answer 1

Two sources:

• 25% from the hepatic artery (oxygenated)
• 75% from the hepatic portal vein (deoxygenated and contains nutrients)

Question 2

Within the liver, the terminal branches of the portal vein and hepatic artery empty into what

Answer 2

empty together in sinusoids surrounding hepatic cells

Question 3

Blood leaves the liver via what

Answer 3

Blood leaves the liver via the hepatic vein which eventually drains into the inferior vena cava - this blood is deoxygenated, detoxified & contains the normal homeostatic nutrient levels