Liver and Gallbladder

Question 1

structure and function of liver

Answer 1

large, highly vascular, 4 lobes (left, right, caudate, quadrate)

exocrine: short term activity; gastric gland, salivary gland, sweat gland
endocrine: secretes hormones for long term activity; thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal glands

filters blood from the digestive tract, detoxifies chemicals, produces proteins for blood clotting

Question 2

structure and function of gallbladder

Answer 2

stores and concentrates bile produced by the liver
pear shaped, 3 layers:
mucosa (simple columnar epithelium), muscularis, serosa

Question 3

relationship between the liver and gallbladder

Answer 3

the gallbladder stores and concentrates bile produced by the liver

Question 4

hepatocyte

Answer 4

liver cells, secrete bile

Question 5

kupffer cells

Answer 5

remove viruses, bacteria, tumor cells, and parasites from circulation

Question 6

sinusoids

Answer 6

run between hepatocytes, look spindle shaped, emptied into by the portal veins and hepatic artieries

Question 7

drainage route in the liver

Answer 7

portal vein and portal artiery drain into sinusoids, which converge toward the terminal hepatic venule>central veins>sublobular veins>larger hepatic veins>inferior vena cava

Question 8

space of Disse

Answer 8

between the endothelial lining of sinusoids and the hepatic surfaces that allow for exchange of noncellular substances between blood and liver

Question 9

space of Mall

Answer 9

formation of lymph in the liver, located at the portal canal between connective tissue and the liver parenchyma (functional tissue)

Question 10

site of lymph formation in the liver

Answer 10

space of Mall