Liver sinusoid
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A liver sinusoid is a type of sinusoidal blood vessel that serve as a location for the oxygen-rich blood from the hepatic artery and the nutrient-rich blood from the portal vein.[1]
Liver sinusoids are equipped with Kupffer cells that can take up and destroy foreign material such as bacteria entering the sinusoids.
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- Web page about the liver from the Christchurch School of Medicine
- UIUC Histology Subject 589
- Histology at BU 15504loa - "Liver, Gall Bladder, and Pancreas: liver, classic lobule"
- Histology at BU 22103loa - "Ultrastructure of the Cell: hepatocytes and sinusoids, sinusoid and space of Disse"
- Histology at anhb.uwa.edu.au
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