LIVER 



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thus the hepatic veins are readily distinguished from the portal veins. 

 The flow of the blood (Fig. 279) is from the portal veins (in the portal 

 canals) through the capilliform sinusoids to the central veins, thence 



Hepatic lobules 



Interlobular connective 

 tissue. 



Central (intralobular) 

 veins. 



Sublobular vein. 



FIG. 278. FROM A VERTICAL SECTION OF A CAT'S LIVER, INJECTED THROUGH THE VENA CAVA INFERIOR. 

 The central veins and the sublobular vein into which they empty are cut longitudinally. X IS- 



Two bile ducts in 

 cross section. 



Capilliform 

 sinusoids. 



Central vein- 



Interlobular vein 

 (branch of portal). 



FIG. 279. FROM A SECTION OF THE HUMAN ADULT LIVER INJECTED 

 THROUGH THE PORTAL VEIN. 



through the sublobular veins into the hepatic vein, which empties into the 

 vena cava inferior. The arteries empty through capillaries into the 

 capilliform sinusoids adjacent to the portal canals, and there is some 



