Liver

Question 1

What does the hepatic diverticulum produce

Answer 1

Liver

Gallbladder

Question 2

What is the septum transversum

Answer 2

Created by the rapidly perforating cells of the liver

Gives rise to diaphragm and ventral mesentery

Question 3

What is the bile duct formed by

Answer 3

Diverticulum, foregut formation occurs

Question 4

What forms the gall bladder and cystic duct

Answer 4

Small outpouching from the bile duct

Question 5

What does the liver bud growing further result in

Answer 5

Hepatic sinusoids formed
- umbilical veins

Question 6

What differentiate into hepatocytes

Answer 6

Liver cords

Question 7

What happens in week 6

Answer 7

Mesoderm
- Kupffer cells
- haematopoietic cells
- connective tissue cells

Question 8

What happens in week 10

Answer 8

Liver weighs 10% of total body mass

Increasing no. of sinusoids

Hematopoietic function

Question 9

What happens in week 12

Answer 9

Liver cells start producing bile

Question 10

What does the umbilical vein form

Answer 10

Ligamentum teres

Question 11

What does the ductus venosum form

Answer 11

Ligamentum venosum