The Liver’s Special Delivery Routes: Extended

 

The Liver’s Own “Road Network”

The liver is a busy “factory” in your body that needs a steady supply of blood, both fresh from the heart and loaded with nutrients from the intestines. It sends cleaned blood back out, too! To do this job, it has three special blood vessels:

Hepatic Artery

• Brings oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the liver.
• Think of it as a “fresh air” delivery truck bringing the liver the oxygen it needs to keep working.

Hepatic Veins

• Carry blood away from the liver back to the heart.
• Imagine these as the “exit roads,” sending cleaned, processed blood back into circulation.

Hepatic Portal Vein

• Brings nutrient-rich blood from the intestines to the liver.
• It’s like a “food delivery service” bringing in the raw materials (nutrients) for the liver to sort, store, or use.

 

How They Work Together

• Hepatic Artery: Oxygen delivery.
• Hepatic Portal Vein: Nutrient delivery.
• Hepatic Veins: Send processed blood out.

All three keep the liver happy and healthy, making sure it has what it needs and can send out good, clean resources to the rest of the body.