Question

Most newly absorbed nutrients are transported to the liver for processing via the ________.

A. Hepatic vein

B. Hepatic artery

C. Hepatic portal vein

D. Common bile duct

E. Hypophyseal portal system

Answer 1

C) Hepatic portal vein

The portal vein carries blood containing the digested nutrients from the entire gastrointestinal tract, and also from the spleen and pancreas to the liver. The portal vein do not drain into the heart, this vein supplies approximately 75 percent of blood flow to the liver

The hepatic artery carries blood from the aorta to the liver

The common bile duct is a small, tube-like structure formed where the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct join. Its physiological role is to carry bile from the gallbladder and empty it into the upper part of the small intestine

The hepatic veins are the veins that drain de-oxygenated blood from the liver into the inferior vena cava

The hypophyseal portal system is a system of blood vessels in the microcirculation at the base of the brain, connecting the hypothalamus with the anterior pituitary