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
Such a circuit in the liver is called the portal circulation, and another in the kidneys is termed the renal circulation.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.
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.
The longest route a portion of blood may take from the moment it leaves the left ventricle to the moment it returns to it, is through the portal circulation.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
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