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==Liver Structure==
==Liver Structure==


Dual blood supply of the liver merges upon entry into the liver lobule at the portal field.  
* Dual blood supply of the liver merges upon entry into the liver lobule at the portal field.  
# branches of the portal vein  
# branches of the portal vein  
# branches of the hepatic artery
# branches of the hepatic artery


The blood flows along the sinusoid and exits at the central vein.
* Blood flows along the sinusoid and exits at the central vein.
* Bile flows in the opposite direction.


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Liver Structure

  • Dual blood supply of the liver merges upon entry into the liver lobule at the portal field.
  1. branches of the portal vein
  2. branches of the hepatic artery
  • Blood flows along the sinusoid and exits at the central vein.
  • Bile flows in the opposite direction.

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Links: Liver Development | Image- Model of Plasmodium Sporozoite Infection of the Mammalian Liver | Image- Liver structure cartoon


http://www.plosbiology.org/article/slideshow.action?uri=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030192&imageURI=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030192.g011

Reference

<pubmed>15901208</pubmed>| PLoS Biol

Frevert U, Engelmann S, Zougbédé S, Stange J, Ng B, et al. (2005) Intravital Observation of Plasmodium berghei Sporozoite Infection of the Liver. PLoS Biol 3(6): e192. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030192


Copyright: © 2005 Frevert et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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