Chapter 23 - Liver

Question 1

what quadrant is the liver in

Answer 1

upper right quadrant

Question 2

largest and heaviest internal organ and gland

Answer 2

liver

Question 3

what anchors the liver to the stomach

Answer 3

lesser omentum

Question 4

what are the functions of the liver

Answer 4

protein, lipid, and carbohydrate metabolism; bile production; urea production

Question 5

what does the hepatic hilum contain?

Answer 5

portal vein, hepatic artery, bile duct, vagus nerve, and lymphatic vessels

Question 6

mainly drain blood from GI tract

Answer 6

portal vein

Question 7

receives nutrients from smv and sends them into liver

Answer 7

portal vein

Question 8

branch from common hepatic artery in celiac trunk of abdominal aorta

Answer 8

hepatic artery

Question 9

what artery mixes with portal vein into the liver capillaries

Answer 9

hepatic artery

Question 10

what does the hepatic vein flow into

Answer 10

inferior vena cava

Question 11

hexagonal structural and functional units

Answer 11

liver lobules

Question 12

center of hepatic lobule, receiving mixed blood from liver sinusoids peripherally

Answer 12

central vein

Question 13

stores, concentrates, and squeezes out bile acids

Answer 13

gallbladder

Question 14

function of bile acids

Answer 14

emulsification

Question 15

breakdown of large fats (water insoluble) into smaller droplet (water soluble)

Answer 15

emulsification