title: Smooth muscle in the hepatic artery, portal vein and hepatic vein within the liver of the raccoon and guinea pig.
abstract: The amount and arrangement of smooth muscle in the intrahepatic vessels suggests that the guinea pig would be a good animal model for studying mechanisms controlling intrahepatic portal vein blood flow, while the raccoon would be good for studying hepatic vein mechanisms of control.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006168:Guinea Pigs / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000166:cytology*; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000166:cytology*; D008102:Liver Circulation; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology; D011168:Portal System / Q000166:cytology*; D011821:Raccoons / Q000033:anatomy & histology*