Central vein
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| Vein: Central vein | |
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| A single lobule of the liver of a pig. X 60. (Central vein not labeled, though region is visible. Central vein would be a single vein at the center of the lobule. See
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| Latin | venae centrales hepatis |
| Drains from | liver sinusoid |
| Drains to | hepatic veins |
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The central vein (or central venule)[1] is a vein found at the center of a "classic" hepatic lobule. It received the blood mixed in the liver sinusoids and returns it to circulation via the hepatic vein.
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- central+veins+of+liver at eMedicine Dictionary
- Histology at USC gi/c_87
- Histology at BU 15505loa
- Histology at okstate.edu
- Histology at ntu.edu.tw
- Diagrams at vanderbilt.edu
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