Liver Blood Supply Diagram. Providing a constant supply of oxygenated blood to the kidneys is one of the most vital functions of the circulatory system. The liver receives the oxygen and nutrients it needs in blood that comes from two large blood vessels.
This ct image is of a patient with liver cirrhosis with extreme atrophy of the right lobe normal volume of the left lobe and hypertrophy of the caudate lobe. W x liver alimentary canal what is the name of blood vessel x and which substance increases in concentration between vessel w and vessel x. Mr cholangiographicfindings and clinical applications.
Total human liver blood ow represents approximately 25 of the cardiac output up to 1500 mlmin.
Shooting off of the aorta the proper hepatic artery branches into smaller arteries. The kidneys function is dependent on a constant blood supply so interruptions in the blood flow to the. Blood supply of the liver vena portae. This blood contains oxygen and many nutrients brought to the liver from the intestines for processing.