Liver Flashcards
Blood supply of the liver
Hepatic artery and Hepatic portal vein
What is considered the first stop directly from the intestines?
Hepatic port vein
What are the proteins the liver synthesize ?
-Albumin ,fibrinogen, prothrombin
Factor I
Fibrinogen
Factor II
Prothrombin
Clotting factors
Fibrinogen & prothrobin
What are the other clotting factors which the liver produce?
Factors VII,IX &X
What is glucose converted to ?
Glucose -> glycogen
Where is glycogen stored?
Liver
What are the fat soluble vitamins that the liver store?
Vitamins A,D,E,K
What occurs in the liver?
- Cholesterol synthesis
2.Bile production
3.Bilirubin is metabolized
Conversion of amino acids to carbohydrates via deamination
Where is copper stored ?
Liver
What is iron stored in the liver as ?
Ferritin
Liver cells
Hepatocytes
What is the functional unit of the liver?
liver lobule which is formed by the hepatocytes.
What is the shape of the liver lobule ?
Hexagonal
What is the portal triad comprised of ?
- hepatic artery
- portal vein
- -bile duct
Central vein
Found in the middle of the liver lobule
Sinusoids
Runs between the hepatocytes.
Space of Disse
- A.K.A perisinusoidal space
- Space between the liver sinusoids and the hepatocytes .
Space of Mall
-located at the portal canal
-region between the connective tissue and the liver parenchymal cells.
site where lymph is formed within the liver.
Kupffer cells
-Hepatic macrophages
Where is bile stored ?
Gallbladder
Layers of the gallbladder
Mucosa, muscularis & adventitia or serosa.
Mucosa
Simple columnar epithelium and lamina propria.
Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses
divertiuclae of the mucosa of the gallbladder
ducts of Luschka
The small bile ducts which connect between the cystic duct and liver
The sphincter
of Oddi.
The valves which regulates the flow of bile into the small intestine
