Liver Flashcards
What is the acinus
Microvascular unit of the liver. Hepatic arteriole, portal venule, bile ductile, and lymph vessels and nerves
Zone 1: ___ zone. Cells are closest to what, receive what, and major site of what
Periportal. Portal axis. Rich in oxygen. Oxidative metabolism and conversion of ammonia to urea
Zone 2: ____ ____. What it is
Midzonal region. Transition zone, anatomic reserve
Zone 3: ___ cells, at ___, receive blood that has what. Least what. Major site of
Pericentral. Margin of acinus. Has exchanged gases and metabolites w cells in zones 1 and 2. Least resistant to metabolic and anoxic damage. Cyp450 and anaerobic metab
SNS stim of liver __-__ does what
T3-11, inc hepatic vascular resistance (less blood vol), inc glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis
PNS stim of liver does what
Increases glucose uptake and glycogen synthesis
Hepatic arterioles have a myogenic response that does what
Keeps local bf constant despite bp changes
What is the hepatic arterial buffer response
Portal venous flow dec- adenosine builds up- arteriolar res dec and arterial flow inc. portal venous flow inc- adenosine washed out- arteriolar res inc and hepatic arterial flow dec
Changes in __ or ___ of portal blood associated with inc in hepatic arterial flow
Ph or pa02
___ ___ increases hepatic arterial and portal venous flow
Postprandial hyperosmolarity
What does the IVC do that can lead to ascites
Pressures of 10-15 inc hepatic lymph flow, leads to sweating free fluid from liver to abd cavity
Anesthetics and liver disease impair what response
Ability of liver to decrease bf/vol in response to sns stim
Coag factors formed by liver
All except vwfIII, III, and IV
Vitamin k dependent factors made in liver
PT/factor II, VII, IX, X, proteins c and s
Opioid effects on sphincter of oddi antagonized by 5.
VAs, narcan, nitro, atropine, glucagon
Which zone of liver most vulnerable to toxic metabolites of tyelenol
Zone 3
What is intrinsic clearance
Fraction of delivered drug load that’s metabolized during a single pass thru liver
High clearance means what, which drugs 3
Hepatic clearance approaches the rates at which they transverse the liver. Lido, benadryl, metoprolol
Low clearance (IC) means what, ex of drugs 3
Hepatic clearance rel independent of hepatic bf. Diazepam, tyelenol, warfarin
4 tests of hepatocellular damage
AST, alt, ldh, gst
Assessments of bile flow (4)
Alk phos, 5 nucleotides, ggt, bilirubin
Assessment of hepatic synthetic function 2
Albumin, pt/inr
Idiosyncratic rxns leading to hepatitis 4
Nsaids, va, anti htn, anticonvulsants
Risk factors to halothane depatitis
Prior exposure, >40 y/o, obesity, female, Mexican, mult brief exposures with short duration, enzyme induction
% metabolism of volatile agents
Halothane 46%, enflurane 6%, sevo 3%, iso 1%, des .02%
Most to least: hepatic bf and oxygenation decrease w GA and VA
Hal, enf, des, iso, sevo
How nitrous effects liver
Inc sns- vasoconstrict sphlanchnic/portal flow. B12 deficiency (methionine synthase)
Alcoholic liver disease: 3 forms
Steatosis, alcoholic hepatitis, cirrhosis