Enterohepatic Circulation
| Definition: |
Recycling through liver by excretion in bile, reabsorption from intestines into portal circulation, passage back into liver, and re-excretion in bile. |
| Notes: |
a metab concept, not a hemodynamic circ concept; bile-to-intestines-to-portal circ-to-liver-to-bile; DF: ENTEROHEPATIC CIRC |
| Previously Indexed: |
Bile (1966-1974),Bile Acids and Salts (1966-1974),Intestinal Absorption (1966-1974),Intestine, Small (1966-1974),Intestines (1966-1974),Liver (1966-1974),Liver Circulation (1966-1974) |
Enterohepatic Circulation Definitions and Terms
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