Liver
The classic liver lobule is more clearly demarcated by connective tissue in a pig than in the human. Blood enters the liver in the hepatic portal vein or hepatic artery; branches of both vessels are located in a portal canal. From these branches, blood enters hepatic sinusoids between plates of hepatocytes and is carried into the central vein. Bile is produced by the hepatocytes and flows in bile canaliculi toward the periphery of the lobule where it enters branches of the bile duct. 100x
Liver lobule
The classic liver lobule is more clearly demarcated by connective tissue in a pig than in the human. Blood enters the liver in the hepatic portal vein or hepatic artery; branches of both vessels are located in a portal canal. From these branches, blood enters hepatic sinusoids between plates of hepatocytes and is carried into the central vein. Bile is produced by the hepatocytes and flows in bile canaliculi toward the periphery of the lobule where it enters branches of the bile duct. 100x
Portal canals
The classic liver lobule is more clearly demarcated by connective tissue in a pig than in the human. Blood enters the liver in the hepatic portal vein or hepatic artery; branches of both vessels are located in a portal canal. From these branches, blood enters hepatic sinusoids between plates of hepatocytes and is carried into the central vein. Bile is produced by the hepatocytes and flows in bile canaliculi toward the periphery of the lobule where it enters branches of the bile duct. 100x
Central veins
The classic liver lobule is more clearly demarcated by connective tissue in a pig than in the human. Blood enters the liver in the hepatic portal vein or hepatic artery; branches of both vessels are located in a portal canal. From these branches, blood enters hepatic sinusoids between plates of hepatocytes and is carried into the central vein. Bile is produced by the hepatocytes and flows in bile canaliculi toward the periphery of the lobule where it enters branches of the bile duct. 100x
Sinusoids
The classic liver lobule is more clearly demarcated by connective tissue in a pig than in the human. Blood enters the liver in the hepatic portal vein or hepatic artery; branches of both vessels are located in a portal canal. From these branches, blood enters hepatic sinusoids between plates of hepatocytes and is carried into the central vein. Bile is produced by the hepatocytes and flows in bile canaliculi toward the periphery of the lobule where it enters branches of the bile duct. 100x
Hepatocytes
The classic liver lobule is more clearly demarcated by connective tissue in a pig than in the human. Blood enters the liver in the hepatic portal vein or hepatic artery; branches of both vessels are located in a portal canal. From these branches, blood enters hepatic sinusoids between plates of hepatocytes and is carried into the central vein. Bile is produced by the hepatocytes and flows in bile canaliculi toward the periphery of the lobule where it enters branches of the bile duct. 100x
Connective tissue
The classic liver lobule is more clearly demarcated by connective tissue in a pig than in the human. Blood enters the liver in the hepatic portal vein or hepatic artery; branches of both vessels are located in a portal canal. From these branches, blood enters hepatic sinusoids between plates of hepatocytes and is carried into the central vein. Bile is produced by the hepatocytes and flows in bile canaliculi toward the periphery of the lobule where it enters branches of the bile duct. 100x
Direction of blood flow
The classic liver lobule is more clearly demarcated by connective tissue in a pig than in the human. Blood enters the liver in the hepatic portal vein or hepatic artery; branches of both vessels are located in a portal canal. From these branches, blood enters hepatic sinusoids between plates of hepatocytes and is carried into the central vein. Bile is produced by the hepatocytes and flows in bile canaliculi toward the periphery of the lobule where it enters branches of the bile duct. 100x
Direction of bile flow
The classic liver lobule is more clearly demarcated by connective tissue in a pig than in the human. Blood enters the liver in the hepatic portal vein or hepatic artery; branches of both vessels are located in a portal canal. From these branches, blood enters hepatic sinusoids between plates of hepatocytes and is carried into the central vein. Bile is produced by the hepatocytes and flows in bile canaliculi toward the periphery of the lobule where it enters branches of the bile duct. 100x
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