Digestive System 2 - Accessory Organs Flashcards
Where is the Salivary Glands situated?
Submucosa of Oral Cavity + tongue
What are the Salivary Glands grouped as?
Lingual Labial Buccal Molar Polatine
What are the 3 Large Salivary glands?
Sublingual - beneath tongue
Submandibular - floor of mouth, inner surface of mandible, ducts behind teeth
Parotid - largest empties into mouth
What type of Glands/Cells are the Large salivary glands?
Tubulo-acinar glands
What do the Large Salivary glands close to oral cavity secrete?
Mucus
What do the Large Glands distal to the Oral Cavity secrete?
Serous
Sublingual - mucus acini
Submandibular - serous and mucus acini
Parotid - serous acini
Describe the Liver?
- Largest gland of body ,
- highly vascularised -
- surrounded by connective tissue
- 4 lobes - 2 major L&R, 2 minor caudate + quarate
What does the Liver function as?
Exocrine gland (onto epithelium via duct), Gallbladder (bile storage)
Describe the Vasculature of the Liver?
Recieves blood from 2 vessels
- Hepatic artery (oxygenated, 25%)
- Hepatic portal vein (digestive system, 75%)
Where is the Blood discharged into from the Liver?
Small vascular channels called Sinusoids (capillaries)
What Cells are located in the Liver?
Kupffer cells - sinusoidal macrophages
What does Sinusoidal Macrophages do?
Destroy Bacteria and Degrade worn-out blood cells
Describe the Blood flow of the Liver?
Sinusoids -> central vein -> Hepatic vein -> Inferior Vena Cava
What are the Hepatic Sinusoids lined by?
Discontinuous Sinusoidal Epithelium
Describe the Liver Lobule?
Basic functional unit, composed of -
Terminal Hepatic Venule
Interconnecting Plates of hepatocytes
Peripherally arranged Portal triads
What are the Specialised epithelial cells in the Liver?
Hepatocytes
What is the Liver Lobule delimited by?
Connective tissue called Interlobular Septum
What are the Hepatocytes Zones in the Liver Lobule?
Periportal
Mid-zone
Centriobular
Describe the Periportal Hepatocyte zone of the Liver?
Most oxygenated, highest nutrient + highest toxin conc