Regional Histomorphometry of the Hepatic Inferior Vena Cava; a Possible Sphincteric mechanism

dc.contributor.author	Bundi, PK
dc.contributor.author	Ogeng'o, Julius A
dc.contributor.author	Hassanali, J
dc.contributor.author	Odula, PO
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-04T08:41:59Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-04T08:41:59Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.identifier.citation	Int. J. Morphol.,	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.scielo.cl/pdf/ijmorphol/v27n3/art34.pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11295/15293
dc.description.abstract	This study was aimed at identifying the changes in diameter and structural composition of the Hepatic Inferior Vena Cava in its infrahepatic, intrahepatic and suprahepatic portions. Eighty adult liver specimens from the Chiromo and Nairobi City mortuaries were used for morphometry, while twenty of them were processed for light microscopy. A constriction was noted in the midportion of the HIVC, while structurally; the intrahepatic portion had thicker fibromuscular adventitia. It is plausible that these are sphincteric apparatus to prevent backflow of blood in the Hepatic Inferior Vena Cava.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Vol. 27(3):849-854, 2009.;
dc.subject	Inferior vena cava	en
dc.subject	Hepatic	en
dc.subject	Sphincter	en
dc.subject	Backflow	en
dc.title	Regional Histomorphometry of the Hepatic Inferior Vena Cava; a Possible Sphincteric mechanism	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Human Anatomy	en