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Vein Hepatocytes Blood Hepatic Define Describe Liver Sinusoid. 

Liver sinusoids are spaces between hepatocytes where blood from the hepatic artery and portal vein mixes, increasing oxygen for metabolic activity and housing Kupffer cells.

The liver sinusoid is a space between hepatocytes where blood from the hepatic artery and portal vein mixes, increasing oxygen content for hepatocyte activity, and contains Kupffer cells.

Front Define & describe the liver sinusoid. 
Back Sinusoid - space surrounded by hepatocytes where blood of the hepatic artery and portal vein mixes
  • This is to increase oxygen content of substrate-rich blood, allowing hepatocytes to remain active
  • Kupffer cells are found in sinusoids
  • Blood drains into the central vein and then into hepatic vein

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