KELSEY ZHAO

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Venous Drainage in the Liver

2025

Anatomical illustration of venous drainage in the liver

Tools Used

ZBrush, Cinema4D, Procreate, Adobe Photoshop

Description

This illustration depicts a cross-sectional view of how blood is drained from the three major hepatic veins into the inferior vena cava in a typical human liver.

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