Liver Flashcards
2 blood supplies of liver and their type and percentage
Hepatic artery (25% oxygen rich blood)
Portail Vein (75% nutrient rich blood)
Chief metabolic organ
Liver
Liver is composed of ___(_%) and ___ cells
80% Hepatocytes; Kupffer cells
Considered as the liver’s macrophage
Kupffer cells
Functional unit of liver
Lobules
Portal triad is combosed of?
Hepatic artery, Portal vein, Bile duct
Liver has the capacity to regenerate by ___ and ___
cell distortion; hypertrophy
During lobectomy, the patient can survive as long as only __% is taken
65%
Flow of blood in the liver
Hepatic artery & Portal vein > Hepatic sinusoids > Central Canal
Flow of waste products in hepatocytes
Bile canal → intrahepatic ducts → right or left hepatic duct → common hepatic duct → common bile duct → duodenum of Small Intestine
Example of waste product in liver
bilirubin
Capable to create substances
Synthetic funtion
Plasma proteins, CHO, lipids, LPPs, clotting factors, ketone
bodies and enzymes
Synthetic function
CHO:
Glycogen, glucose
Lipids:
Lipoproteins, VLDL, cholesterol etc
Clotting factor
Fibrinogen, calcium
Normal synthetic function
12g albumin/ day
Metabolism of cholesterol into bile acid
Synthetic function
Almost all proteins are synthesized in the liver except for __
Immunoglobulins
Bilirubin Metabolism
Conjugation function
___ - ___ mg of bilirubin (conjugated) produced daily
200-300
The average lifespan of RBCs is __ days.
120 days
The phagocytosed RBC’s breakdown product is __ and __.
GLOBIN and HEME
this will be further metabolized into amino acids, which will be delivered in amino acid pool (to be reused later on for protein synthesis)
globin