Hepatology

Question 1

Oxygenated blood flows into the liver from the ____ ______ and nutrient rich blood flows in from the _____ ______ _____

Answer 1

hepatic artery

hepatic portal vein

Question 2

The _____ _____ _____ carries blood from the GI tract to the liver to be detoxified before going to the heart to be oxygenated.

Answer 2

Hepatic portal system

Question 3

There are __ lobes within the liver - the left, right , ____ and _____

Answer 3

4
cuadate
quadrate

Question 4

_____ are the functional unit of the liver

Answer 4

lobules

Question 5

Each lobule has a ____ _____ in the middle and a group of vessels distributed around the rim - collectively known as the ____ ____

Answer 5

central vein

portal triad

Question 6

Each portal triad within a lobule contains branches of the ____ _____ , a hepatic ____ ____ and a ___ duct.

Answer 6

hepatic artery
portal vein
bile

Question 7

Blood vessels of each portal triad are branched into channels called ______

Answer 7

sinusoids

Question 8

___ are the main tissue of liver cells and are arranged in rows between sinusoids

Answer 8

hepatocytes

Question 9

____ cells are phagocytic macrophages that filter blood and lie on the inner lining of _____ ____

Answer 9

kupffer

hepatic sinusoids

Question 10

_____ _____ carry secretions from hepatic cells to bile ductules which conjoin to form bile ducts

Answer 10

bile canaliculi

Question 11

Hepatocytes are capable of ____

Answer 11

regeneration

Question 12

The _____ stores bile which is produced in the ____

Answer 12

gallbladder

liver

Question 13

The gallbladder connects to the ____ duct , which joins onto the _____ _____ duct to form the ____ ____ duct.

Answer 13

cystic
common hepatic
common bile

Question 14

The common bile duct meets the ____ duct at the ______ of _____ (the entrance to the duodenum)

Answer 14

pancreatic

sphincter of oddi

Question 15

_____ is released when protein is detected in the duodenum - causes pancreas to secrete digestive enzymes and causes gall bladder to contract and relax and sphincter of oddi to relax to release bile.

Answer 15

Cholecystokinin

Question 16

Bile increases the absorption of ____

Answer 16

fats

Question 17

The liver breaks down harmful substances whose byproducts are excreted by ____ or ____

Answer 17

bile (excreted vie faeces)

blood (excreted via urine)

Question 18

Hepatocytes store excess _____ as _____ which can be delivered to the body as energy.

Answer 18

glucose

glycogen