Lecture 3 Flashcards
What are the most predominant cell type in the small intestine
Absorptive cells
What cells secrete bicarbonate
Duodenal glands
What do duodenal glands secrete
Bicarbonate
What is the largest gland in the body
Liver
What are hepatocytes
Liver cells
What’s the name of liver cells
Hepatocytes
What secretes intestinal juice
Crypts of Lieberkühn
What do the crypts of lieberkuhn secrete
Intestinal juice
What cells are found in intestinal crypts
Paneth cells
What do paneth cells secrete
Lysozome
What cells secrete lysozyme in the SI
Paneth cells
How many lobes of the liver are there?
4
What are the four lobes of the liver
Right
Left
Caudate
Quadrate
What is the falciform ligament
A liver mesentery
What’s the name of the liver mesentary in between the left and right lobes
Falciform ligament
What are the functional units of the liver composed of
Hexagonal lobules
What is in the center of each hexagonal lobule in the liver
A central vein
What are the cells inside liver lobules radiating from the central vein
Hepatocytes
What is at each of the 6 corners of the hepatic lobule
A portal triad
What does the portal triad consist of
A portal arteriole
A portal venule
A bile duct
In the liver, what does the bile drain via
Cannuculi
Does the flow of bile go with or opposite to blood flow
Opposite
What cells produce bile
Hepatocytes
Hepatocytes produce what
Bile
What is the common hepatic duct
Multiple bile ducts that fuse together to form this
What drains the gallbladder
The cystic duct
What does the common hepatic duct fuse with
The cystic duct
What two ducts join together at the hepatopancreatic ampulla
The bile duct
The main pancreatic duct
What stores bile
The gallbladder
What is the main function of bile salts and phospholipids
To emulsify fats
What are gallstones
Cholesterol stones when you dont have enough salts, phospholipids or water
What does the pancreas produce
Pancreatic juice