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Portal system   /pˈɔrtəl sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Portal system

noun
1.
System of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver.





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"Portal system" Quotes from Famous Books



... a general diagram of the circulation of the rabbit, to show especially the relation of the portal system, the lymphatics and lacteals, and the renal circulation to ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells
... lower animals. The primitive branchial arches undergoing metamorphosis. Completion of these changes. Interpretation of the varieties of form in the heart and primary vessels. Signification of their normal condition. The portal system no exception to the law of vascular symmetry. Signification of the portal system. The liver and spleen as homologous organs,—as parts of the same whole quantity. Cardiac anastomosing vessels. Vasa vasorum. Anastomosing branches of the systemic aorta considered in ...
— Surgical Anatomy • Joseph Maclise


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