The umbilical vein connects to the systemic circulation, by way of the portal sinus, pre-sumably via hepatic sinusoids (1) to the hepatic veins. The portal sinus is dilated. D, Absent ductus venosus. The umbilical venousreturn bypasses the portal sinus and the liver.
Joey Feek: Late Country Singer Honored At ACM Awards With Touching Tribute And Standing Ovation. Lindsay McCane. Joey Feek, the late country singer, was honored at the 2016 ACM Awards on Sunday, April 3, just one month after she lost her battle with terminal cancer at the young age of 40.
Joey + Rory. Joey + Rory : Songwriter Interviews. Rory Feek was a single dad Nashville songwriter when he married the aspiring singer Joey. While Rory was on the A-list writing hits like Blake Shelton's Some Beach, Jimmy Wayne's I Will, and Easton Corbin's A Little More Country Than That, Joey was trying to get her singing career going.