Toxins are discarded as waste, while nutrients are broken down for use in the body. The portal vein is vulnerable to diseases like cirrhosis, which can change the structure of the vessel and ...

except for the pulmonary vein) Allows diffusion of gases and nutrients from blood into the body cells Wall Thick, muscular Thinner Very thin, one cell thick Lumen Small Large Very small ...

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Varicose veins can occur anywhere in the body, but are more commonly found on the legs. Hemorrhoids, a type of varicose vein, can appear during pregnancy around the anus or in the vagina. Spider veins ...

6). Furthermore, patients with PAF usually have multiple PV foci in multiple veins and many of these foci originate quite distally in those veins. [2] The spontaneous onset of focal AT from the ...