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Blood-vessels of the Liver

July 14th, 2007 at 3:33 am » Comments (0)

Blood-vessels of the Liver.  –.  The blood-vessels of the liver are the hepatic artery and veins, and the portal vein; the lymphatic vessels are numerous, and the nerves are supplied from the pneumogastric, the phrenic and the hepatic plexus.  The liver, therefore, receives two kinds of blood: the arterial, by means of the hepatic artery, [...]



The Pyloric Gate and The Liver

July 14th, 2007 at 3:31 am » Comments (0)

The Pyloric Gate.  — At the smaller end the muscular fibers contract and form a gateway — the pylorus, as it is called — which carefully guards the exit from the stomach, and allows no food to escape until properly prepared.  The gastric blood vessels are seeing distributing themselves over the outer surface of the [...]