Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Subject "capacitance vessels"

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    • Histological Organization of the Portal Vein: a Structural Adaptation 

      Sammy, Mercy; Awori, Kirsteen; Odula, Paul; Munguti, Jeremiah (University of NairobiDepartment of Human anatomy, 2013)
      The extra hepatic portion of the portal vein has been known to physiologically act as a capacitance vessel while its intra hepatic portion behaves as a resistance vessel. However, the histological basis for these observations ...