Hepatobiliary System Flashcards
Describe the surface anatomy of the liver.
Label this diagram.
What is the inflow of the liver?
hepatic artery (25%)
portal vein (75%)
the outflow of the liver?
BIle and 3x hepatic veins
Label these diagrams.
What is the Micro-morphology & micro-function of liver?
Morphological:
- Lobules
- Portal triads (tracts)
Functional:
- Acinus
- Blood flow
- Bile flow
What is the hepatic lobule?
Hexagonal structural unit of liver tissue
Each corner consists of a portal triad
- Links with 3x adjacent lobules
What is at the centre of a liver lobule?
Centre of liver lobule is a central vein
- Collects blood from hepatic sinusoids → hepatic veins → systemic venous system
What are the lobule rows made of?
Within lobule rows of hepatocytes
Each has sinusoid-facing side & bile canaliculi-facing side
Describe the parts of the portal triad.
Branch of hepatic artery:
- Brings O2-rich blood into liver to support hepatocytes ↑ energy demands
Branch of portal vein:
- Mixed venous blood from GIT (nutrients, bacteria & toxins) and spleen (waste products)
- Hepatocytes process nutrients, detoxify blood & excrete waste
Bile duct:
- Bile produced by hepatocytes drains into bile canaliculi
- Coalesce with cholangiocyte-lined bile ducts around lobule perimeter
cholangiocyte= cells that line bile ducts
Label this diagram.
What is a hepatic acinus?
= Functional unit of liver
- Hard to define anatomically cf hepatic lobule
Consists of two adjacent 1/6th hepatic lobules
- Share 2x portal triads
- Extend into hepatic lobules as far as central vein
What is the 3 zone model?
Micro function of hepatic acinus
- splits the hepatic acinus into 3 zones each with differences
What happens at point A?
blood into hepatic acinus (portal triad)
What happens at point B?
Blood drains out of hepatic acinus (central vein)
What happens to hepatocytes near outer hepatic lobule (zone 1)?
Hepatocytes receive early exposure to blood contents
good components= O2
bad= toxins
How is the acinus split?
zone 1, 2, 3
What is the O2 and toxin risk in zone 1?
O2 ↑,Toxin risk ↑
What is the O2 and toxin risk in zone 2?
O2 →,Toxin risk →
What is the O2 and toxin risk in zone 3?
O2 ↓,Toxin risk ↓
What are sinusoidal endothelial cells?
No basement membrane
Fenestrated (discontinuous endothelium)
- Allow lipids & large molecule movement to and from hepatocytes
What are Kupffer cells?
Sinusoidal macrophage cells
Attached to endothelial cells
Phagocytosis
Eliminate & detoxify substances arriving in liver from portal circulation
What are hepatic stellate cells?
Perisinusoidal (The plasma-filled extravascular space in the liver, between a hepatocyte and a liver sinusoid)
Exist in dormant state
Store vit A in liver cytosolic droplets
Activated (fibroblasts) in response to liver damage
Proliferate, chemotactic & deposit collagen in ECM
What are hepatocytes?
Cubical
Synthesis e.g. albumin, clotting factors & bile salts
Drug metabolism
Receive nutrients & building blocks from sinusoids
ow much of liver mass is hepatocytes?
80%
What are cholangiocytes?
Secrete HCO3- and water into bile
What are hepatocyte functions?
Metabolic & catabolic functions
Secretory & excretory functions
Detoxification & immunological functions
What are the metabolic and catabolic functions of hepatocytes?
synthesis & utilization of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins
What are the secretory and excretory functions of hepatocytes?
synthesis & secretion of proteins, bile and waste products
What are the detoxification and immunological functions of hepatocytes?
breakdown of ingested pathogens & processing of drugs
What is glycolysis?
anaerobic conversion of glucose → lactate
– (RBCs, renal medulla & skeletal muscle)
- Aerobic oxidation of glucose (CNS, heart, skeletal muscle, most organs)
What is glycogenesis?
synthesis of glycogen from glucose - (liver & muscle)
What is glycogenolysis?
breakdown of glycogen to glucose
What is gluconeogenesis?
production of glucose from non-sugar molecules:
- amino acids (glutamine) in liver & renal cortex
- Lactate (from anaerobic glycolysis in RBCs & muscles)
- Glycerol (from lipolysis)