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What is the hepatic portal system?(a) The connection between the digestive tract and kidneys(b) The connection between the alimentary canal and heart(c) The connection between the alimentary canal and the brain(d) The connection between the alimentary canal and the liverThis question was posed to me in exam.My question is taken from Double Circulation topic in portion Body Fluids and Circulation of Biology – Class 11

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The correct option is (d) The connection between the alimentary CANAL and the liver

For explanation I would say: A unique vascular connection exists between the digestive TRACT and the liver which is CALLED a hepatic portal system. The hepatic portal vein carries blood from INTESTINE to the liver before it is DELIVERED to the systemic circulation.



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