Chapter 25 - Liver Function (RVSP) Flashcards
Amount of blood that passes into the liver per minute
1500 mL/min
Average weight of the liver
1200-1500 g
Spaces between hepatocytes
Sinusoids
2 blood vessels that supply blood to the liver
- hepatic artery
- portal vein
3 systems of the liver
- hepatocyte system
- biliary system
- reticuloendothelial system (RES)
System of the liver; for metabolic reactions and macromolecular synthesis
Hepatocyte system
System of the liver; for metabolism of bilirubin and bile salts
Biliary system
System of the liver; for excretory function
Biliary system
Structure of the liver involved in excretion
Bile canaliculi
System of the liver for drug metabolism
Hepatocyte system
Drug metabolism function of the liver
Xenobiotic
System of the liver; for immune system and degradation of hemoglobin
Reticuloendothelial system
Cells involved in the reticuloendothelial system
Kuppfer cells
4 functions of the liver
- Synthesis
- Excretory/secretory
- Detoxification
- Storage
Removal of waste products
Excretion
Release of useful substances
Secretion
2 proteins not produced by the liver
- Immunoglobulins
- adult hemoglobin
4 substances synthesized by the liver
- proteins
- carbohydrates
- lipids
- vitamins
2 ways the liver detoxifies toxic substances
- bind and inactivate toxin
- chemically modify and excrete toxin
4 substances stored by the liver
- proteins
- lipids
- amino acids
- glycogen
Principal pigment in bile
Bilirubin
Amount of bile produced per day
3 L/day
Amount of bile excreted per day
1 L/day
2 components of bilirubin
- RBCs (80%)
- proteins (20%)
Divides the liver into two unequal lobes
Falciform ligament
Larger lobe of the liver
Right lobe (6x larger)
Supplies oxygen-rich blood to the liver; 25% of total blood supply to the liver
Hepatic artery
Supplies nutrient-rich blood to the liver; 75% of total blood supply to the liver
Portal vein
Functional units of the liver
Lobules
Responsible for all metabolic and excretory functions of the liver
Lobules
Centrally located vein of the lobule
Central vein
Found at each side of the lobule
Portal triads
3 components of the portal triads
- hepatic artery
- portal vein
- bile duct
2 major cell types of the liver
- hepatocytes
- Kupffer cells
Liver cells responsible for its regenerative properties
Hepatocytes
Active phagocytes in the liver
Kupffer cells
Major heme waste product
Bilirubin
Type of bilirubin bound by albumin
Unconjugated/indirect bilirubin
Solubility of indirect bilirubin to alcohol and water
- soluble to alcohol
- insoluble to water
Protein for transport of unconjugated bilirubin to the endoplasmic reticulum
Ligandin
Enzyme for the conjugation of bilorubin
Uridyldiphosphate glucoronyl transferase (UDPGT)
Solubility of direct bilirubin to alcohol and water
- insoluble to alcohol
- soluble to water
Amount of bilirubin produced per day
200-300 mg
Enzymes responsible for the drug-metabolizing system of the liver
Cytochrome P-450 isoenzymes
Yellow discoloration of the skin, eyes amd mucous membranes
Jaundice/icterus
Most common cause of jaundice
Retention of bilirubin
Jaundice not visible to the naked eye
Overt jaundice
Bilirubin levels when jaundice is visible
3.0 - 5.0 mg/dL
3 classifications of jaundice
- prehepatic/hemolytic hyperbilirubinemia
- hepatic/hepatocellular hyperbilirubinemia
- posthepatic/obstructive hyperbilirubinemia
Jaundice that occurs when the problem happens prior to liver metabolism
Prehepatic jaundice
Another name for prehepatic jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Type of anemia that causes prehepatic jaundice
Acute and chronic hemolytic anemia
Jaundice that occurs when the problem resides inside the liver
Hepatic jaundice
3 diesease that cause hepatic jaundice that increases unconjugated bilirubin
- physiologic jaundice of the newborn
- Gilbert’s disease
- Crigler-Najjar syndrome
2 conditions that cause hepatic jaundice that elevates conjugated bilirubin
- Dubin-Johnson
- Rotor syndrome
Most common cause of hepatic jaundice
Gilbert’s syndrome
Type of hepatic jaundice where there is impaired cellular uptake of bilirubin
Gilbert’s syndrome
Type of hepatic jaundice; chronic nonhemolytic unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia; deficiency of UDPGT
Crigler-Najjar syndrome
Type of Crigler-Najjar syndrome; complete absence of UDPGT, no B2 formed, colorless bile
Type I
Type of Crigler-Najjar syndrome; relative deficiency of UDPGT, some B2 formed
Type II
Condition of relative deficiency of UDPGT
Arias syndrome
Conjugated bilirubin bound to albumin
Delta bilirubin
Type of hepatic jaundice caused by a deficiency of the canalicular multidrug resistance/multispecific organic anionic transporter protein (MDR2/cMOAT)
Dubin-Johnson syndrome
Type of hepatic jaundice where the removal of conjugated bilirubin from the liver cell and the excretion into the bile are defective
Dubin-Johnson syndrome
Type of hepatic jaundice that is idiopathic
Rotor syndrome
Appearance of liver in Dubin-Johnson syndrome
With black pigmentation
Appearance of liver in Rotor syndrome
Normal histology
Gallbladder visualization of Dubin-Johnson syndrome
No visualization
Gallbladder visualization of Rotor syndrome
Visualized by oral cholecystogram
Total urine coproporphyrin of Dubin-Johnson syndrome
Normal w/ >80% of isomer 1
Total urine coproporphyrin of Rotor syndrome
High w/ <70% of isomer 1
Enzyme that is deficient in physiologic jaundice of the newborn
Glucoronyl transferase