Gen Path Exam 3 - Liver Disease Flashcards
What does the liver synthesize and secrete?
Bile
What does the liver metabolize?
Amino acids
CHO
Fats
What does the liver store? (5)
Glycogen
Vitamin A
Vitamin B12
Folate
Iron
What else does the liver synthesize?
Lipid
Serum protein (albumin, clotting factors, globulins)
Hepcidin
What lowers plasma iron?
Hepcidin
Portal vein going into the liver drains from where?
GI
What does the liver detox?
Blood (1st pass metabolism)
What does the liver breakdown?
Estrogen
Organs and ducts that produce, store, and release bile into small intestine
Biliary system
What 3 things are part of the biliary system?
Liver
Gallbladder
Bile duct
Which part of the biliary system?
Produces bile
Liver
Which part of the biliary system?
Storage and release of bile into duodenum when food is eaten
Gallbladder
Which part of the biliary system?
Transport bile from liver to duodenum
Bile duct
A yellow/green substance synthesized and secreted by the liver
Bile
Where is bile stored?
Gall bladder
Bile is released into the __________ via the _____________
duodenum; common bile duct
What is bile composed of?
Bile acids/salts
Bilirubin
Cholesterol
Other waste products/pollutants
Aids in digestion and absorption of fats
Bile
Serves as primary pathway for elimination of bilirubin, excess cholesterol, and other toxic substances
Bile
What are the 3 main things a Hepatic Panel detects?
Synthesis of liver enzymes
Bilirubin processing/bile secretion
Extent of liver damage
Which part of the Hepatic Panel?
Total protein (albumin + globulins)
Albumin
Pro-thrombin time and INR
Synthesis of liver enzymes
When measuring the synthesis of liver enzymes in the Hepatic Panel, what detects the presence and function of coagulation factors?
Pro-thrombin time and INR
Which part of the Hepatic Panel?
Bilirubin
Alkaline phosphatase
Gamma-glutamyltransferase
Bilirubin processing/bile secretion
When measuring the bilirubin processing/bile secretion in the Hepatic Panel, what is released with bile duct damage?
Alkaline phosphatase
When measuring the bilirubin processing/bile secretion in the Hepatic Panel, what is released with bile duct damage, but is more specific since it is not present in bones?
Gamma-glutamyltransferase
Which part of the Hepatic Panel?
Aspartate aminotransferase
Alanine aminotransferase
Extent of liver damage
When measuring the extent of liver damage in the Hepatic Panel, what is more specific for liver damage?
Alanine aminotransferase
What panel includes bilirubin, albumin, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase?
Comprehensive metabolic panel
The liver has a _________ functional reserve - only 10% normal tissue can sustain life; full regeneration within __________
large; 4 months
T/F: Liver diseases are typically silent and insidious
True!
What do most patients have at the time of referral?
Chronic liver disease
T/F: Signs and symptoms of liver diseases appear weeks, months, or even years after onset of injury (may only be detected by lab abnormalities) with liver injury and healing being subclinical
True
Clinical sign of underlying disease
Jaundice
Yellow discoloration of skin, mucous membranes, and sclerae of eyes
Jaundice
Caused by elevated serum bilirubin
Jaundice
Pathogenesis depends on where bilirubin metabolism is altered
Jaundice
Yellow breakdown product of RBCs, which becomes a component of bile
Bilirubin
What are the 3 reasons a person may have elevated bilirubin?
Bile isn’t being formed
Breakdown of large amounts of blood
Obstruction of bile flow out of liver (tumor; gallstone)
T/F: Bilirubin alone is highly toxic and insoluble and can’t be excreted; it has to be managed
True
In bilirubin metabolism, what are RBCs consumed by?
Macrophages
In bilirubin metabolism, what is converted to biliverdin?
Protoporphyrin
In bilirubin metabolism, what is unconjugated to bilirubin?
Biliverdin
In bilirubin metabolism, what binds tightly to albumin?
Unconjugated bilirubin
In bilirubin metabolism, what does albumin carry to the liver?
Unconjugated bilirubin
In bilirubin metabolism, what conjugated bilirubin, making it water-soluble and non-toxic?
Uridine glucuronyl transferase (UGT)
In bilirubin metabolism, where is conjugated bilirubin transferred to form bile?
Bile canaliculi
In bilirubin metabolism, where is bile stored in the gallbladder released into to aid in digestion?
Small intestine
In bilirubin metabolism, what converts conjugated bilirubin to urobilinogen?
Intestinal flora
In bilirubin metabolism, what is oxidized to stercobilin and urobilin, which are mostly excreted in feces?
Urobilinogen
In bilirubin metabolism, what is reabsorbed into blood and filtered by kidney and makes urine yellow?
Urobilin
Makes urine yellow
Urobilin
Makes stool brown
Stercobilin
Steps of bilirubin metabolism
- Macrophages eat RBCs
- Protoporphyrine -> biliverdin -> UCB
- Albumin carries UCB to liver
- UGT -> CB-> makes it water-soluble and non-toxic
- CB goes to bile canaliculi -> forms bile -> stored in gallbladder
- Bile released into small intestine to aid digestion
- Intestinal flora converts CB -> urobilinogen
- Urobilinogen -> stercobilin and urobilin -> excreted mostly in feces
- Some urobilin reabsorbed into blood -> filtered by kidney -> urine is yellow
Lab findings in extravascular hemolysis or ineffective erythropoiesis
High UCB
Lab findings in physiologic jaundice of newborn
High UCB
Lab findings in biliary tract obstruction (obstructive jaundice)
Low CB
Low urine urobilinogen
High alkaline phosphatase
Lab findings in viral hepatitis
High UCB
High CB
What are the 5 key causes of jaundice?
Extravascular hemolysis
Ineffective erythropoiesis
Physiologic jaundice of newborn
Biliary tract obstruction (obstructive jaundice)
Viral hepatitis
Inflammation of the liver
Hepatitis
Term that is often used to describe diseases caused by specific viruses that infect the liver (hepatotropic)
Hepatitis
A severe, life-threatening form of acute hepatitis
Fulminant hepatitis
Six different hepatitis viruses have been identified, but what types cause the majority of problems?
A, B, C
Symptoms < 6 months: jaundice with dark urine (due to CB), fever, malaise, nausea and elevated liver enzymes (ALT, AST)
Acute Hepatitis
Symptoms > 6 months: risk for progression to cirrhosis
Chronic Hepatitis