Blood Vessels & the Liver (Cambridge International IGCSE Biology)

Blood vessels & the liver: Extended

Spec point — 9.3.6 · Identify, in diagrams and images, the main blood vessels to and from the liver as: hepatic artery, hepatic veins and hepatic portal vein

Extended Tier Only

• The main blood vessels to and from the liver are:

  • the hepatic artery brings oxygenated blood from the heart to the liver
  • the hepatic vein brings deoxygenated blood from the liver back to the heart
  • the hepatic portal vein transports deoxygenated blood from the gut to the liver

The liver is supplied with blood by the hepatic artery and the hepatic portal vein, and blood is carried away from the liver in the hepatic vein