Tahira A.

asked • 07/10/14

why hepatic portal vein carries the digested food to the liver as it already contain deoxygenated blood?

do these digested food and deooxygenated blood do not mix one another?

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Kushal P. answered • 07/10/14

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Tahira A.

thanku so much for your reply :)
 
but im trying to as that  as hepatic portal vein is a vein it must be carrying toxin substances from cells but it also carries nitrients obtain from digestion from ileum
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