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The hepatic portal system is a series of veins that carry blood from the capillaries of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas to capillaries in the liver.
In human anatomy, the hepatic portal system or portal venous system is the system of veins comprising the portal vein and its tributaries. The other portal venous systems in the body are the renal portal system, and the hypophyseal portal system.
The central area or hepatic hilum, includes the opening known as the porta hepatis which carries the common bile duct and common hepatic artery, and the opening for the portal vein. The duct, vein, and artery divide into left and right branches, and the areas of the liver supplied by these branches constitute the functional left and right lobes.
In histology (microscopic anatomy ), the lobules of liver, or hepatic lobules, are small divisions of the liver defined at the microscopic scale. The hepatic lobule is a building block of the liver tissue, consisting of a portal triad, hepatocytes arranged in linear cords between a capillary network, and a central vein .
One is the hepatic artery, which brings in oxygen-rich blood from the heart. The other is the portal vein, which delivers blood from your stomach, intestines, and the rest of your digestive system.
Autoimmune hepatitis causes the body’s immune system to attack itself and destroy healthy liver tissue. Autoimmune hepatitis can lead to cirrhosis of the liver and other liver damage.
The liver is divided into two lobes by the middle hepatic vein: the right lobe of liver and the left lobe of liver. The right lobe of liver is larger than the left lobe of liver.
The portal vein or hepatic portal vein ( HPV) is a blood vessel that carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen to the liver.