Liver portal triad. Fluorescence deconvolution micrograph of a section through a portal triad in liver tissue, showing hepatocyte cells (red), connect

---

Liver portal triad. Fluorescence deconvolution micrograph of a section through a portal triad in liver tissue, showing hepatocyte cells (red), connective tissue (green) inside the periportal limiting plate, and cell nuclei (blue dots). A portal triad (portal field, or portal tract) is a distinctive arrangement in the liver where the proper hepatic artery, hepatic portal vein, common bile duct, lymphatic vessels and a branch of the vagus nerve meet. The ring of hepatocytes abutting the connective tissue of the triad is called the periportal limiting plate.

---

Size: 2985px × 2965px
Photo credit: © R. BICK, B. POINDEXTER, UT MEDICAL SCHOOL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: anatomical, anatomy, animal, artery, bile, biological, biology, blood, cell, cells, confocal, connective, cytological, cytology, deconvolution, duct, dye, dyes, fluorescence, fluorescent, healthy, hepatic, hepatocyte, hepatocytes, histological, histology, light, limiting, liver, lymph, lymphatic, marker, markers, micrograph, microscope, nerve, normal, nuclei, nucleus, periportal, plate, portal, proper, protein, proteins, rat, rodent, section, sectioned, stain, stains, structure, tissue, triad, vagus, vein, vessel, vessels