Central_veins_of_the_liver

Central veins of liver

Central veins of liver

Veins through the centers of hepatic (liver) lobules

In microanatomy, the central veins of liver (or central venules)[1] are veins found at the center of hepatic lobules (one vein at each lobule center).

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They receive the blood mixed in the liver sinusoids and return it to circulation via the hepatic veins.[2]

The circulation of venous blood is: portal vein (which is formed by the joining of the superior mesenteric vein with the splenic vein) drains into the sinusoids of the liver, these all drain into the central veins of liver which drain into the hepatic vein to be returned to IVC.

References

  1. [1]
    Anatomy photo: digestive/mammal/liver3/liver2 - Comparative Organology at University of California, Davis
  2. [2]
    "central veins of liver" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary


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