Acessory Organs Of Duodenum (Exam 2) Flashcards
What is the largest gland in the body?
Liver
In which quadrant is the liver found?
RUQ
What does the liver produce?
Bile
The liver receives nutrients from GI tract expect….
Test q
Long chain FAs and cholesterol which are absorbed by lymph capillaries and enter lymphatic system
What does the liver detoxify?
Blood
What are the 4 lobes of the liver?
1) Right lobe
2) Left lobe
3) quadrate lobe
4) caudal lobe
What is the structural unit of the liver?
Test q
Lobules (liver acinus)
What shape are the lobules of the liver?
Test q
Hexagonal
What is the portal triad of the lobule (at each angle)?
Test q
Portal bile duct, portal arteriole and venule
What are the components of the lobules in liver?
bile and blood
Hepatocytes are liver cells that make up the lobules of liver and produce….
bile
What are bile canaliculi?
small canals that transport bile (produced by hepatocytes) to bile ducts of portal triads at all 6 corners of lobule
Bile ducts receive bile from bile canaliculi and transport it to….
R/L hepatic ducts of the heptopancreatic duct system
(bile can continue through the hepatopancreatic duct system to the duodenum. When the hepatopancreatic duct system is filled, bile backs up and enters cystic duct to gallbladder for storage)
Portal venules (of portal triad) transport venous blood from portal vein to….
liver sinusoids
Sinusoids are dilated leaky capillaries within liver lobule and contains….
kupffer cells (liver macrophages)
The central vein is in the center of the lobule and receives blood from the liver ___________ and drains it into ____________
sinusoids, hepatic veins
Hepatic veins drain into the….
test q
IVC below diaphragm
(note: the hepatic veins do not course through porta hepatis)
Portal arteries (of portal triad) receives blood from ____________________ (branches of proper hepatic a.) and give off tiny branches that become capillaries. They also drain into sinusoids and supply oxygen and nutrients to liver cells (hepatocytes)
R/L hepatic arteries
The porta hepatis is known as the “port of liver” and is a deep fissure in the __________ surface of the liver
test q
inferior