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Give the biological/ technical term for the following:

The vein which drains the blood from intestine to the liver.


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Hepatic portal vein:

  1. The hepatic portal vein carries blood from the intestine to the liver.
  2. This vein arises from the capillaries of the digestive organ and ends in the capillaries of the liver.

Figure: Hepatic portal system

The hepatic portal vein drains the blood from the intestine to the liver.


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