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What is the difference between a hepatic vein and a hepatic portal vein?

Answer 1

Blood and nutrients are transported to the liver via the hepatic portal vein from the stomach, spleen, intestines, and gall bladder.

Through the inferior vena cava, the hepatic vein returns deoxygenated blood from the liver to the right atrium of the heart.

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Answer 2

Aaron Allen

Whereas the hepatic portal vein transports blood that is rich in nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract to the liver, the hepatic vein transports blood that has lost oxygen from the liver to the heart.

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