Identification Flashcards
Functional units of the liver is the
Acinus
liver and gall bladder are located in the
Abdominal
serves to emulsify fats into fat droplets called micelles
Bile
hepatic sinusoids conduct
Blood
gallstones are usually made
Cholesterol
Bile salts and bile acids are synthesized from
Cholesterol
normal yellow color of plasma or serum is due
Bilirubin
another term for jaundice.
Icterus
transports liver-produced triglycerides
Very-low density lipoproteins
dependent coagulation factors are produced in the liver
VITAMIN K
The parenchymal cells of the liver
Hepatocytes
Functional and structural units of the liver
Liver lobules
Collective term for OCT, LDH, AST & ALT
Hepatic parenchymal enzyme
Compounds produced from amino acid & bile acid
Bile salt
Collective term for hepatic artery, portal vein & sinusoids
Hepatic blood vessels
Metabolic pathway involving citrulline, ornithine & arginine
Globulins
Catabolic products of nitrogenous bases of genes
Urates and orotic acid
Collective term for the portal vein, hepatic artery & bile duct
Portal triad
Collective term for LAP, ALP, 5’NT & GGT
Hepatobiliary enzyme
Transport protein of fatty acids, calcium & bilirubin
Albumin
Collective term for bilicyanin, bilierythrin & biliverdin
Bilirubin oxidation products
Liver function that is tested involving Kupffer cells
Excretory function
Bilirubin fraction that includes alpha- & delta-bilirubin
B1
Confirmatory test for NAFLD & autoimmune hepatitis
Liver biopsy
Transport protein for cholesterol in the blood
HDL, IDL, LDL
Chromogen used in Evelyn-Malloy and Jendrassik-Grof methods
Diazotized sulfanilite
Collective term for the reductive products of bilirubin
Urobilinogen
Metabolic pathway used to detoxify ammonia
Urea cycle
Means of removing interference due to icteric serum samples
dual wavelength method by Allen
