Liver sinusoid

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Sinusoid of a rat liver with fenestrated endothelial cells. Fenestrae are approx 100 nm diameter, and the sinusoidal width 5 µm. Scanning electron micrograph by Robin Fraser, University of Otago.
Sinusoid of a rat liver with fenestrated endothelial cells. Fenestrae are approx 100 nm diameter, and the sinusoidal width 5 µm. Scanning electron micrograph by Robin Fraser, University of Otago.
A single lobule of the liver of a pig. X 60.
A single lobule of the liver of a pig. X 60.

A liver sinusoid is a type of sinusoidal blood vessel that serve as a location for the oxygen-rich blood from the hepatic artery and the nutrient-rich blood from the portal vein.[1]

Liver sinusoids are equipped with Kupffer cells that can take up and destroy foreign material such as bacteria entering the sinusoids.

Human liver sinusoid
Human liver sinusoid












  1. ^ http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/erg/liver.htm#sinusoids


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Anatomy of torso, digestive system: Digestive glands

Pancreas (Tail, Body, Head, Islets of Langerhans) - Gallbladder - Liver (Hepatocyte, Space of Disse, Kupffer cell, Liver sinusoid, Hepatic stellate cell, Hepatic lobule)

Bile ducts: (Bile canaliculus, Common hepatic duct, Cystic duct, Common bile duct) - Pancreatic duct - Hepatopancreatic ampulla

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