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प्रश्न
What is the significance of hepatic portal system in the circulatory system?
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उत्तर
The hepatic portal vein carries blood from the intestine to liver before it is delivered to the systemic circulation. This is significant because excess nutrients like glucose are converted into glycogen in the liver and stored there.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Describe double circulation in human beings.
What is meant by the term 'Double circulation'?
Blood in the human body circulates twice for making one complete round through the body. Explain.
Differentiate between the following pair of terms: Pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein
Blood in the human body circulates twice for making one complete round through the body. Explain.
The diagram represents the ‘closed system’ or ‘double circulation’ of blood in mammals.
Justify the above statement.
State two structural and two functional differences between the arteries and veins.
State the changes in the composition of blood as it passes through the following organs:
(a) Lungs (b) Gut (c) Liver (d) Kidneys.
Explain the Term
Double Circulation
In the given diagram, 'X' indicates ______
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In which of the following groups of organisms, blood flows through the heart only once during one cycle of passage through the body?
In double circulatory system, the function of veins is to carry ______.
Name the vascular connection that exists between the digestive tract and liver.
Describe the events in cardiac cycle. Explain “double circulation”.
In which, blood circulation starts and ends in capillaries?
Give scientific reason.
Closed circulation is more efficient than open circulation.
Choose the odd one out from the following terms and name the category to which the others belong:
From where to where do the following blood vessel carry blood?
Posterior vena cava
