Histology of the liver - lobules, central veins, hepatocytes, portal triads (hepatic arteries, portal venules, bile ductules), and bile ducts.

Differentiate between the portal vein, hepatic artery and bile duct that make up the portal “triad” and note the connective tissue that surrounds them. In the liver tissue around the portal area …

Portal Triad. Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a portal triad in the liver. A distinctive component of a hepatic lobule found running along each of the lobule’s corners. Portal triads …

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of a portal triad in the liver. The following three vessels are bundled together and found at the corners of the hexagonally shaped hepatic lobules. Hepatic …

Central veins are quite prominent and provide an easy means of orientation in sections of liver. At the vertices of the lobule are regularly distributed portal triads (also known as portal tracts). …

Histologically, the liver is made of thousands of liver lobules identifiable by hepatocytes radiating out from a central vein. The outer border of the lobules are the portal triads, made of a small …

Histology - Liver triad View Related Images. Description: This section of the liver is through a portal triad. The portal triad consists of a branch of the hepatic portal vein, a branch of the …