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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
What is meant by the term 'single circulation'?
What is meant by the term 'Double circulation'?
State the Location: Hepatic portal vein
Single circulation, i.e., blood flows through the heart only once during one cycle of passage through the body, is exhibited by which of the following:
Why is the small intestine in herbivores longer than in carnivores?
Which of the following carries nutrients from the digestive tract to the liver?
Select the correct option:
Describe the events in cardiac cycle. Explain “double circulation”.
Give scientific reason.
Closed circulation is more efficient than open circulation.
Why is the double circulation of blood in human beings necessary?
From where to where do the following blood vessel carry blood?
Hepatic vein
From where to where do the following blood vessel carry blood?
Hepatic portal vein
Define portal vein.
The blood vessel which carries blood from the stomach and intestine to the liver:
Distinguish between the following pair on the basis of words indicated in the bracket ( ):
Pulmonary and Systemic circulation (Kind of blood)
Write the exact location of the following:
Hepatic portal vein
