Liver sinusoid
A liver sinusoid is a type of sinusoidal blood vessel that serve as a location for the oxygen-rich blood from the hepatic artery and the nutrient-rich blood from the portal vein.[1]
Liver sinusoids are equipped with Kupffer cells that can take up and destroy foreign material such as bacteria entering the sinusoids.
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Human liver sinusoid
References
External links
- Web page about the liver from the Christchurch School of Medicine
- UIUC Histology Subject 589
- Histology at Boston University 15504loa - "Liver, Gall Bladder, and Pancreas: liver, classic lobule"
- Histology at Boston University 22103loa - "Ultrastructure of the Cell: hepatocytes and sinusoids, sinusoid and space of Disse"
- Histology at anhb.uwa.edu.au
Anatomy of torso, digestive system: Digestive glands | |
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| Liver | by region: Left lobe (Caudate lobe, Quadrate lobe) • Right lobe • Transverse fissure of liver
by function: Fibrous capsule of Glisson • Hepatocyte • Space of Disse • Space of Mall • Kupffer cell • Liver sinusoid • Ito cell • Hepatic lobule bile ducts: Bile canaliculus • Canals of Hering • Interlobular bile ducts • Intrahepatic bile ducts • Left and Right hepatic ducts • Common hepatic duct |
| Gallbladder | by region: Body • Fundus • Neck ducts: Cystic duct |
| Pancreas | by region: Tail • Body • Head • Uncinate process
by function: Islets of Langerhans • Exocrine pancreas ducts: Pancreatic duct • Accessory pancreatic duct |
| Common | Common bile duct • Hepatopancreatic ampulla • Sphincter of Oddi |
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