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What are features of the liver

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  • The largest organ – 1.4kg
  • Receives about 29% of cardiac output
  • Performs essential metabolic and synthetic functions
  • Split into right & left lobe – falciform ligament
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What are features of the structure of the liver

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  • Lobules (~100,000) – 1mm histological divisions
  • Acinus is the functional unit
  • Hepatocytes in the parenchymal tissue
  • It has a Portal Triad
  • Central vein
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What does the portal triad consist of

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  • Portal vein
  • Hepatic artery
  • Bile duct
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How many sources of blood supply does the liver get

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2 sources of blood supply

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How many ml of blood does the liver get from the portal vein and the hepatic artery proper every minute respectively?

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  • 1100ml from portal vein
  • 350ml from hepatic artery proper
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What are Kupffer cells

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Phagocytic cells

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What do hepatocytes do

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Hepatocytes (beige) absorb solutes & secrete materials as the blood passes

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Where did sinusoids flow into

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Sinusoids flow into the central vein

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What do central veins merge into to become, and where do those blood vessels empty into

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Central veins merge to become hepatic veins and empty into the inferior vena cava

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What are the functions of hepatocytes

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  • Adjust circulating levels of nutrients through selective absorption and secretion
  • Secretes bile into adjacent bile canaliculi
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What is another name for Kupffer cells

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another name for Kupffer cells reticuloendothelial cells

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What are the functions of Kupffer cells

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  • engulf pathogens, cell debris & damaged/old RBCs
  • antigen-presenting cells
  • Store iron, some lipids and heavy metals (e.g. tin or mercury)
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What is another name for stellate cells

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another name for stellate cells is Ito cells

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What type of cells are the main contributor to liver fibrosis

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stellate cells

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What are functions of the stellate cells

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  • Lie in the space of Disse
  • Store vitamin A in lipid droplets in their cytoplasm
  • Activated due to liver damage
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What is the space of Disse

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the area between the hepatocytes and sinusoids

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What are the 3 general categories for liver function

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  • Metabolic regulation
  • Haematological regulation
  • Bile production & secretion
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How many individual functions does the liver have

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more than 200 individual functions

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What is the liver’s function in relation to the composition of blood

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  • Regulates composition of blood
  • extracts nutrients and toxins, stores excess nutrients so as to correct deficiencies if needed
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What are the metabolic functions of the liver

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  • Carbohydrate metabolism
  • Lipid metabolism
  • Amino acid metabolism
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What is toxic ammonia converted to

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converted to harmless urea

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What are the fat-soluble vitamins

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vitamins A, D, E & K

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What vitamins and minerals does the liver store

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  • Fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E & K)
  • B12
  • glycogen
  • Copper
  • Iron
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What is the value that blood glucose is stabilised

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What circulating hormones regulate carbohydrate metabolism
insulin & glucagon
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How do hepatocytes synthesise glucose during starvation and what is this process called
hepatocytes synthesise glucose from other carbohydrates or amino acids Process is called: Gluconeogenesis
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What do hepatocytes do when blood glucose increases
hepatocytes store blood glucose as glycogen or use to synthesise lipids
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What do hepatocytes do when blood glucose decreases
hepatocytes break down glycogen reserves to produce blood glucose
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What circulating levels does the liver regulate in respect to lipid metabolism
Liver regulates circulating levels of triglycerides, fatty acids and cholesterol
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True or False: most lipids absorbed by the GI tract bypass the hepatic portal circulation
True
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What does the liver removing or releasing lipids depend on
depends on circulating levels
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What does the liver use cholesterol for
used for production of bile salts
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What does the liver use amino acids for in respect to amino acid metabolism
Used to synthesise proteins
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Give 3 examples of proteins that the liver synthesises
- Albumin - Clotting factors - Innate immunity proteins
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What is albumin used for
– albumin for colloid osmotic pressure and transport of bilirubin
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Give 3 examples of clotting factors that the liver synthesises
- fibrinogen - plasminogen - prothrombin
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Give 2 examples of innate immunity proteins that the liver synthesises
- Complement proteins - C-reactive protein
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What are innate immunity proteins produced in the liver used for
Acute phase response
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What is transamination
removal of an amino group from amino acids to make non-essential amino acids
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What is deamination
Removal of an amino group when amino acids are converted to lipids or glucose for storage
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What does deamination produce
Produces ammonia
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What are haematological functions of the liver
- Phagocytosis & antigen-presenting - Synthesis of plasma proteins - Removal of circulating hormones - Removal of antibodies - Removal & storage of toxins
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What are examples of the hormones removed and recycled by the liver
- Adrenalin - Noradrenalin - Insulin - Thyroid hormones - Steroid hormones
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What are antibodies broken down to release by the liver
- Breaks them down to release amino acids
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Where are lipid soluble toxins stored in and give an example of this
stores them in lipid deposits Example is DDT
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What happens to non-lipid soluble toxins
other toxins are broken down and excreted in bile
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What cell produces bile
Made by hepatocytes
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What makes up bile
- water - bile salts - bilirubin - cholesterol - ions
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What is Bilirubin
Pigment derived from haemoglobin
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What 2 things are bile salts essential for
- digestion (emulsification) - absorption (micelle) of lipids
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What do water and ions do in bile
- dilutes and buffers acidic chyme
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Where is bile released into and via what passage
Released into duodenum via the common bile duct
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What stimulates the gall bladder and sphincter of Oddi
CCK stimulates gall bladder and sphincter of Oddi
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Where are bile salts reabsorbed
Reabsorbed in ileum

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