portal vein
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of portal vein
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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As expected, the treatment altered the microbiome and changed the balance of metabolites in both peripheral blood and the hepatic portal vein.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2025
Samples were taken from the hepatic portal vein, which carries blood from the intestine to the liver, and from peripheral blood, which travels from the liver to the heart before circulating through the body.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2025
In healthy mice, the team detected 111 metabolites enriched in the hepatic portal vein and 74 in peripheral blood.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2025
Water-soluble nutrients enter the capillary blood in the villi and travel to the liver via the hepatic portal vein.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The blood, thus laden with certain products of digestion, is carried to the liver by the portal vein, mingling with that supplied to the capillaries of the same organ by the hepatic artery.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
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