2. Liver Flashcards
Where is the liver located?
URQ, extends across to the ULQ
How many lobes is the liver divided into?
- Left, caudate, quadrate and right
What is the Falciform ligament?
Divides the liver into two lobes and connects it to the diaphragm
What are the blood vessels of the liver?
Hepatic portal vein, Hepatic artery and Hepatic vein
What is the couinaud classification?
This is where the liver is able to be divided into 8 functionally independent segments. Each segment can be resected without damaging those remaining.
What is found centrally in the segment of each couinaud segment?
Portal vein, hepatic artery and bile duct
What is found peripherally in the segment of each couinaud segment?
Hepatic vein
Number the 8 segments of the liver.
See diagram
What kind of blood supply does the liver have?
Dual blood supply: 20% hepatic artery, 80% hepatic portal vein
Blood from the liver drains onto the IVC via the hepatic vein
What is the purpose of the hepatic portal vein?
The vein which drains the intestines. Nutrients absorbed from the intestines go straight to the liver - nutrient rich
What is the purpose of the hepatic artery?
Supplies oxygenated blood and nutrient to the liver
What makes up a liver lobule
Hexagonal structure where each corner has a branch of the hepatic portal vein, branch of the hepatic artery and branch of the bile duct. Bile leaves the liver with the flow being opposite to the branches of the hepatic portal vein and artery which drain towards the central vein.
What is the name for the collection of the hepatic portal vein, hepatic artery and bile duct?
Portal tract/triad
Describe the blood flow of the hepatic portal vein and artery
They join together and flow towards the central vein through sinusoids
What makes up 80% of the weight of the liver?
Hepatocytes
List the cell types in the liver
Hepatocytes, Endothelial cells, cholangiocytes, Kupffer cells, Hepatic stellate cells
Where do the kupffer cells lie?
They lie within the sinusoids
What are kupffer cells?
They are immune cells, like macrophages (phagocytosis). Protects the liver from anything pathogenic that may be carried in the sinusoids originating from the intestinal veins.
What lines the sinusoids?
Endothelial cells