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.
His death was worked into the television story; see the fourth season page. Jan Clayton (Ellen Miller): Died August 28, 1983, of cancer. Tommy Rettig (Jeff Miller): After making a name for himself in the computer field, died February 16, 1996. Donald Keeler (Sylvester Porky Brockway): Still appears in movies under his real name, Joey Vieira. He is the pizza man in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and appeared in The Patriot with Mel Gibson.