Hepatic Flashcards
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What is cholecystitis
inflammation of gall bladder
can acute cholecystitis become chronic?
Siiii
What are most of the gallstones made of?
Cholesterol
TYpes of gallstones
2
- cholesterol
2. pigmented
What are pigmented gallstones made from
2
Bilirubin or hemolysis
5 diseases that can progress to cirrhosis
- Fatty Liver
- Hepatitis
- Biliary DIsease
- metabolic Disease
- vascular
What things cause fatty liver
- ETOH
- Obesity
- DM
What causes Hepatitis
- Virus
- Drug
- Autoimmune
What is the liver made of
Hepatocytes
Duct cCells
Blood Vessels
What is the triad
Bile duct
Portal vein
Hepatic Artery
Blood path
Sinusoids -> where it enriches hepatocytes
Central Vein
Heart -> its recycled
What does the metabolic work in liver
hepatocytes
WHat is the #1 casue of liver toxicity
Drugs!
Steatosis aka
Fatty Liver
What is the worst type of destruction of the liver?
Fibrosis
Why is fibrosis so bad
Collagen Scar
Permanent Injury
What is end stage of fibrosis in liver
cirrhosis
If hepatocytes die in large sheets, what happens to those areas
fill up with blood
what if blood in liver builds up
It can back-flow and cause heart failure
What is cholestasis
decrease in bile production due to less secretion or obstruction
If canaliculi in liver fill with bile bc of cholestasis then what
person gets jaundice
what is hepatatis
inflammation of the liver
Is hepatitis contagious
if caused by virus, yes
What can cause hepatitis beside viruses
toxins
drugs
What drugs cause hepatitis
ETOH
acetaminophen
What type of hepatitis resolves itself
acute
acute hep by what viruses doesn’t progress to chronic
Hep A and E
acute hep by what viruses progress to chronic and beyind
Hep B, C and D