portal circulation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of portal circulation
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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With this hepatic portal circulation, all blood from the alimentary canal passes through the liver.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Such increased pressure in the veins is due, for example, to cirrhosis of the liver which affects the portal circulation, or to mitral stenosis which affects the pulmonary veins.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
This leaves the blood-vessels belonging to the portal circulation distended with venous blood, which putrefies very quickly, forming a virulent poison.
From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.
The sluggish return of the blood in the inferior vena cava causes primarily a sluggish portal circulation with a passive congestion and enlargement of the liver.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
The portal circulation is thus not an independent system, but forms a kind of loop on the systemic circulation.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
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