The schistosomulae then migrate to the hepatic portal system of the liver to mature into adults.
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Unqualified, " portal venous system " often refers to the hepatic portal system.
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After a drug is swallowed, it is absorbed by the digestive system and enters the hepatic portal system.
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By inhibiting ferroportin, hepcidin prevents enterocytes from allowing iron into the hepatic portal system, thereby reducing dietary iron absorption.
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At gradients greater than 10 mmHg, blood flow through the hepatic portal system is redirected from the liver into areas with lower venous pressures.
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Examples of such systems include the hepatic portal system, the hypophyseal portal system and ( in non-mammals ) the renal portal system.
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In human anatomy, the "'hepatic portal system "'is the system of veins comprising the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries.
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It is a major component of the hepatic portal system, one of only two portal venous systems in the body with the hypophyseal portal system being the other.
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It is also called the "'portal venous system "', although it is not the only example of a portal venous system, and "'splanchnic veins "', which is " not " synonymous with " hepatic portal system " and is imprecise ( as it means " visceral veins " and not necessarily the " veins of the abdominal viscera " ).