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Histology of Liver, Exocrine Pancreas and Gall Bladder Flashcards

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The ____________ serves as the point of entry into the liver for the hepatic arteries and the portal vein, and the exit point for the hepatic ducts.

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porta hepatis

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The whole surface of the liver except for the _________, is covered in a serous coat derived from the peritoneum, and this firmly adheres to the inner Glisson’s capsule.

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bare area

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Glisson’s capsule

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A layer of connective tissue surrounding the liver and ensheathing the hepatic artery, portal vein and bile ducts within the liver.

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At rest the liver normally receives about _______ of cardiac output.

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25%

NOTE: The liver is unique amoung abdominal organs in having a dual blood supply, from the hepatic arteries and hepatic veins.

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What are the two blood supplies of the liver?

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  • Portal artery
    • 20-30%
    • Supplies oxygen rich blood
  • Portal vein
    • 70-80%
    • Supplies nutrient rich blood from the digestive tract

NOTE: The portal blood also contains breakdown products of hemoglobin from the spleen.

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Where does blood from the head of the pancreas drain?

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Superior mesenteric vein

NOTE: The tail of the pancreas drains into the splenic vein

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What are the components of the portal triad?

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  • Branches of the hepatic artery and vein
  • One or two bile ductules
  • Lymphatic vessels
  • Branch of vagus nerve
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Explain the blood flow from the portal triads to the inferior vena cava.

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Portal triads->central vein->sublobar vein->collecting vein->hepatic veins-> inferior vena cava

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What are the 3 functional units of the liver? What’s the function of each?

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  • Classic Hepatic Lobule
    • ​Drains blood from the portal vein and the hepatic artery to the hepatic or the central vein
  • Portal Lobule
    • ​Drains bile from hepatocytes to the bile duct
  • Hepatic Acinus
    • ​Supplies oxygenated blood to hepatocytes

NOTE: The hepatic acinus is the most funtional way to conceptualize the liver lobule based on blood flow.

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What are the 3 metabolic zones of the hepatic acinus?

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Zone I

  • Least oxygenated

Zone II

Zone III

  • Most oxygenated
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Central veins coalesce into __________.

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Hepatic veins

*Which leave the liver and empty into the vena cava

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Purpose of the liver sinusoid

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A liver sinusoid is a type of a capillary similar to a fenestrated capillary and serves as a location for mixing of oxygen rich blood from the hepatic artery and the nutrient rich blood from the portal vein

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How does the liver sinusoids differ from other capillaries?

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  • Larger
  • Lining of specialized endothelial cells, known as liver sinusoidal cells (LSEC)
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Basolateral surface of the hepatocyte faces ______, and apical surfaces face ___________.

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Sinusoids; bile canaliculi

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Characteristics of the nucleus of hepatocytes

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  • Prominent nucleolus
  • Dispersed chromatin
  • Polyploidy
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Characteristics of the cytoplasm of hepatocytes

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  • Glycogen lacey appearance
  • Fat spherical vacuoles
  • Ribosomes and RER basophilia
  • Mitochondira- eosinophilic
  • Lysosomes
  • Golgi complex
  • Peroxisomes
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Most of the glucose absorbed from a meal is stored as _________ in the liver.

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Glycogen (5-6% of the liver’s fresh weight)

NOTE: Glucose is also stored in muscles

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Blood glucose enters hepatocytes via which transporter?

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GLUT2

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The human body can store up to _____ grams of glycogen.

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450

*A third of this is stored in the liver

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Which structure of hepatocytes function to synthesize and secrete plasma proteins?

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RER

Ex: Albumin, fibrinogen, thrombin

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Which structure of hepatocytes function to synthesize and secrete bile?

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SER

  • Bile acids from cholesterol
  • Elimination of bilirubin
  • Secretion of secretory IgA
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Which structure of hepatocytes function to metabolize carbohydrates?

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SER, cytosol

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Which structure of hepatocytes function to metabolize lipids?

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Which structure of hepatocytes function to maintain normal levels of blood lipids?

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Function of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum

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  • Synthesis lipids, oils, phospholipids, steroids, and sex hormones
  • Hydrolysis of glycogen into glucose
  • Detoxification of drugs and poisons
  • Pumps calcium ions for muscle function
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___________ are spaces present between the plasma membrane of adjacent liver cells.

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Bile canaliculi

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Flow of bile

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Bile canaliculi-> Canals of Hering-> intrahepatic bile ductule (in portal triad)->Interlobular bile ducts-> left and right hepatic ducts-> Common hepatic duct

NOTE: The common hepatic duct joins with the cystic duct which becomes the bile duct, which enters the duodenum

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Function of Kupffer cells

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Continuously sample the blood travelling through the sinusoids, phagocytosing antigens, microorganisms and damaged red blood cells.

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Which component of hepatocytes is being described below?

  • A subendothelial space
  • Space between hepatocytes and sinusoidal lining cells
  • Microvilli of hepatocytes project into the space
  • Fat storing stellate cells that store Vitamin A found here
  • Space continuous with sinusoids
  • Space drains to lymphatics of portal triad
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Space of Disse

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Which component of hepatocytes is being described below?

  • Lie in perisinusoidal space
  • Have long cytoplasmic processes that extend below the endothelial cells
  • Contain actin and myosin and contract in response to endothelin and substance P
  • Contribute to regulate the diameter of the sinusoid
    • Store fat and Vitamin A
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Ito (stellate cells)

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Ito cells can proliferate when activated by _____ and ________.

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Kupffer cells; hepatocytes

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What happens to Ito cells in pathological conditions?

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  • They change into collagen producing cells
  • They secrete type I collagen leading to fibrosis of the liver
  • As the fibrotic process advances, ito cells change into myofibroblasts which contrict the lumen of the sinusoids and increase vascular resistance
    • An increase in resistance to the flow of blood in the hepatic sinusoids leads to portal hypertension
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Which portion of the pancrease makes and secretes digestive enzymes into the duodenum?

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Exocrine

NOTE: This includes secretory acinar and duct cells with associated connective tissue, vessels, and nerves.

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Components of exocrine pancreas

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NOTE: Most pancreatic enzymes are produced as zymogens, which help minimize the risk of self digestion within the pancreas

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What are the two portions of the cytoplasm of each acinar cell?

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  • Apical
    • ​Filled with eosinophilic protein secretory granules
  • Basal
    • ​Strongly basophilic
    • Replet with RER
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What accounts for the dark appearance of secretory ganules?

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High concentration of proteins (enzymes) and other macromolecules

NOTE: Secretory granules are primarily found in the apical side of the cell. Fusion with the plasma membrane releases the contents of the granules into the extracellular space.

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What are the two secretory products of pancreatic juice?

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  • Digestive enzymes
    • Synthesized and secreted from the exocrine acinar cells
  • Bicarbonate
    • Secreted from the epithelial cells lining small pancreatic ducts
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When is secretin secreted?

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In response to acid in the duodenum which stimulates duct cells to produce water and bicarbonate

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How is merocine secretion of proenzymes by acinar cells regulated?

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  • Secretin
  • Cholecystokinin
  • Nerve stimulation from the vagus nerve
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Components of acinar cells of the pancreas

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  • Trypsin
  • Chymotrypsin
  • Elastase
  • Sodium bicarbonate
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How is trypsinogen activated?

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  • By enterokinase, which is embedded in the mucus membrane of the duodenal mucosa

NOTE: Trypsin is autocatalytic which means that trypsin, once activated, forms more trypsinogen, which is then activated to trypsin

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Chymotrypsinogen and procarboxypeptidase are converted to an active form by ______ in the duodenal lumen.

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Bile empties to the common bile duct under ________ stimulation.

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Hormonal

NOTE: Cholecystokinin stimulates the gallbladder. Cholecystokinin (CKK) is secreted by the I cells of the intestinal mucosa.

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Once stimulated by CCK, how does the gallbladder respond?

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By contracting and delivering more bile to the duodenum through the Sphincter of Oddi, which relaxes (opens) in response to CCK.

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Function of bile

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  • Excretion of cholesterol, phospholipids, bile salts, conjugated bilirubin and electrolytes
  • Contributes to fat absorption in the intestinal lumen
  • Transports IgA to the intestinal mucosa by enterohepatic circulation
  • Excretion of metabolic products of drugs and heavy metals processed in the hepatocyte
  • Conjugated bile acids inhibit the growth of bacteria in the small intestine
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What are the 4 layers of the gall bladder?

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  • Lining epithelium (simple columnar)
  • Lamina propria
    • Rich in elastic fibers and blood vessels
  • Muscularis
    • Consists of circularly arranged smooth muscle fibers intermixed with connective tissue rich in elastic fibers
  • Serosa/ adventitia
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Cholecystitis

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  • Inflammation of the gall bladder
  • Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses- herniation of mucosa into muscular wall

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