Central veins of liver
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The central vein of liver (or central venules) are veins found at the center of a "classic" hepatic lobule
Hepatic lobule
A hepatic lobule is a small division of the liver defined at the histological scale. It should not be confused with the anatomic lobes of the liver , or any of the functional lobe classification systems....

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They receive the blood mixed in the liver sinusoid
Liver sinusoid
A liver sinusoid is a type of sinusoidal blood vessel that serves as a location for the oxygen-rich blood from the hepatic artery and the nutrient-rich blood from the portal vein....

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Hepatic vein
In human anatomy, the hepatic veins are the blood vessels that drain de-oxygenated blood from the liver and blood cleaned by the liver into the inferior vena cava....

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