Lecture 12-glands

Question 1

What are glands?

Answer 1

An aggregate of epithelial cells that are specialised in secreting substances

Question 2

How are exocrine glands formed?

Answer 2

Canicularisation occurs after the invading of epithelial cells in the connective tissue

Question 3

What do hepatocytes do?

Answer 3

Protein synthesis
Carbodhyrates+lipid metabolism
Detoxifies

Question 4

Kupfffer cells

Answer 4

A specialised macrophage- Phagocytosis.

• Traps+ phagocytosis of old aged erythrocytes (120 day old)
• Produces Bilirubin, hepatocytes convert it into Bile

Question 5

How does carbohydrate metabolism happen?

Answer 5

Fatty acids formed from carbs
Triglycerides formed from fatty acids+ glycerol
Gluceoneogenesis- Glucose formed by Alana one, glycerol precursors

Question 6

Stellate cell

Answer 6

Contains vacuole which contain vitamin A- synthesise and deposit collagen in the perisinusoidal space- resulting in liver fibrosis