Human Biology Custom Edition
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781337631532
Author: Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 5SQ
After you eat, blood passing through the GI tract travels through the _______ to a capillary bed in the _______.
- a. aorta; liver
- b. hepatic portal vein; liver
- c. hepatic vein; spleen
- d. renal arteries; kidneys
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