| 31. | Normally expressed in the liver, the transporter functions to uptake large, non-polar drugs and hormones from the portal vein.
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| 32. | In most individuals, the portal vein is formed by the union of the superior mesenteric vein and the splenic vein.
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| 33. | Increased blood pressure in the portal vein, called portal hypertension, is a major complication of liver disease, most commonly cirrhosis.
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| 34. | It then turns backward and passes from left to right behind the omental bursa and drains into the portal vein.
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| 35. | This may be achieved by delivering insulin rhythmically to the portal vein or by islet cell transplantation to the liver.
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| 36. | The branch of the umbilical vein that supplies the right lobe of the liver first joins with the portal vein.
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| 37. | The branches conveying the blood to the plexus are named the venae advehentes, and become the branches of the portal vein.
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| 38. | The larger of the two is joined by the portal vein, and together they enter the right lobe of the liver.
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| 39. | Here, in response to rising concentrations of copper, an enzyme called ATP7A releases copper into the portal vein to the liver.
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| 40. | Here, blood from the portal veins and the efferent arterioles are mixed and travel out of the kidneys through the efferent veins.
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