Blood that is poor in nutrients is carried from the aorta to the ____1____ artery to smaller mesenteric arteries, which divide to a capillary bed in the wall of the __2___, where, in the procss of absorption, nutrients enter the blood. This nutrient-rich blood now flows into the ___3___ vein, which joins with the ___4___ vein from the spleen and stomach and becomes the ___5___ vein. This vein now carries blod to the liver, where it breaks int a second capillary bed. Capillaries in the liver converge into the ___6___ veins, which empty into the caudal vena cava for trnasport back to the heart.
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