##  [Hepatic Sinusoid](/hepatic-sinusoid) 

  ##  [Hepatic Sinusoid](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/hepatic-sinusoid-0) 

  

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Definition

A specialized, discontinuous capillary channel within the liver lobule lined by fenestrated liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) and populated by Kupffer cells and other nonparenchymal cells; sinusoids lack a continuous basement membrane and permit plasma and blood‑borne substrates to access hepatocyte surfaces and resident macrophages for metabolic exchange, clearance and immune surveillanc