Assertion: portal vein | /r/CapableOf | leave branch
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text: After entering the liver, the portal vein divides into right and left branches and then into tiny channels that run through the liver.
text: Immediately before reaching the liver, the hepatic portal vein divides into right and left branches.
text: On approaching the liver, the portal vein divides into right and left branches which enter the liver parenchyma.
text: The portal vein, which measures about 8 centimeters long, begins at the juncture of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins, passes behind the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine), and then divides into right and left branches that supply blood to the right and left lobes of the liver.
text: On approaching the liver, the portal vein divides into right and left branches which enter the liver parenchyma.
text: Immediately before reaching the liver, the portal vein divides into right and left branches.