Liver

Question 1

Liver has what type of gland functions

Answer 1

Exocrine and endocrine

Question 2

Which liver lobe is normally palpable?

Answer 2

Left lateral liver lobe

Question 3

What are the different ligaments of the liver?

Answer 3

Coronary ligament
Triangular ligaments
Falciform ligament

Question 4

What does the coronary ligament connect?

Answer 4

Liver and diaphragm

Question 5

What are the triangular ligaments? And what do they connect?

Answer 5

Folds of peritoneum
R: diaphragm to dorsal margin of right lat lobe
L: diaphragm to dorsal margin of left lat lobe

Question 6

what does the falciform ligament connect

Answer 6

liver, diaphragm and ventral body wall to umbilicus

Question 7

where can the falciform lig be found

Answer 7

between the 2 medial lobes of the liver

Question 8

what is the falciform lig remnant of

Answer 8

ventral mesentery

Question 9

what is the lesser omentum remnant of

Answer 9

ventral mesentary

Question 10

where does the gallblader sit between

Answer 10

right medial love and quadrate lobe

Question 11

what is bile produced by

Answer 11

liver cells/hepatocytes

Question 12

where does the bile duct open into

Answer 12

major duodenal papilla

Question 13

do horses have gallbladders

Answer 13

no

Question 14

what is the structural blood supply of liver

Answer 14

arterial blood supply

Question 15

what is the functional blood supply of liver

Answer 15

venous drainage

Question 16

what is the portal triad made of

Answer 16

bile duct, hepatic arteriole, portal venuole

Question 17

within the liver, blood flows to

Answer 17

sinusoids

Question 18

blood flows from ______ to ______

Answer 18

portal triads
central veins

Question 19

arterial blood flow path

Answer 19

1. aorta
2. celiac
3. hepatic
4. hepatic arterioles
5. sinusoides

Question 20

venuole blood flow path

Answer 20

1. portal vein
2. portal venules (portal triad)
3. sinusoids
4. central vein
5. hepatic vein
6. caudal vena cava

Question 21

portal blood/arteriol blood flow from _____ to _____-

Answer 21

portal triads/tracts
central veins

Question 22

conversion of ____ to ____ happens in liver

Answer 22

ammonia
urea nitrogen

Question 23

what process produces bilirubin

Answer 23

degredation of RBC

Question 24

what secretes bilirubin

Answer 24

liver

Question 25

bile acids are produced and stored where

Answer 25

liver
gallbladder

Question 26

where are bile acids reabsorbed

Answer 26

ileum

Question 27

what is the histological appearance of hepatocytes

Answer 27

euchromatic nucleus which is central
foamy appearance
cytoplasm: acidophilic but contains basophilic granules

Question 28

how are hepatocytes arranged

Answer 28

plates/rows

Question 29

bile salt drainage pathway

Answer 29

hepatocytes produce bile
bile canaliculi
bile ductules

Question 30

where is the perisinusoidal space

Answer 30

between the sinusoid and hepatocytes

Question 31

what are kuppfer cells

Answer 31

macrophages that reside on top of sinusoid endothelial cells that remove foreign particles

Question 32

what type of epithelium does the hepatic arteriole have

Answer 32

simple squamous

Question 33

what epithelium does portal venule have

Answer 33

simple squamous

Question 34

epithelium of bile ductule

Answer 34

simple cuboidal

Question 35

bile flows from _____ to _____

Answer 35

hepatocytes to bile ductules

Question 36

zone 1, 2, 3

Answer 36

1: receives oxygen blood, general metabolism
2: receives oxygen and toxins in middle amts
3. least amt of oxygen, drug metabolism

Question 37

exocrine function of liver

Answer 37

bile flow

Question 38

from what duct does the duodenum receive bile

Answer 38

hepatic duct