21. Damaged and dying flukes can be trapped in the liver and cause fatal portal vein thrombosis. 22. The liver is connected to two large blood vessels : the hepatic artery and the portal vein . 23. Since this is an important function in mammals, damage to the hepatic portal vein can be dangerous. 24. Pylephlebitis is infection of the portal vein , usually arising from an infectious intraabdominal process such as diverticulosis. 25. Occasionally, the portal vein also directly communicates with the inferior mesenteric vein, although this is highly variable. 26. Venous blood from the ileum goes straight into the portal vein and then into the liver sinusoids. 27. Portal veins carry blood between capillary beds.28. The tumor had reached out, grasping the liver's portal vein , the main vein that drains blood from the liver. 29. The liver absorbs a proportion of the glucose from the blood in the portal vein coming from the intestines. 30. He was diagnosed with colon diverticulitis and a severe blood clot in his portal vein , but in stable condition.
