Liver and Pancreas Flashcards
What are the main functions of the liver?
Detoxification of metabolic waste and drugs/toxins, destruction of RBCs and sorting out remains, synthesizes and secretes bile, synthesizes plasma proteins and lipoproteins, metabolic functions
What’s the strongest attachment of the liver?
Left and right triangular ligaments to the diaphragm
What tissue covers the liver?
Peritoneum
What tissue enters the liver at the hilus and follows the vessels throughout the liver?
Tunica fibrosa
What supplies the liver with blood?
Hepatic artery and portal vein
What is the name of the functional unit of the liver?
Hepatic lobules
How does blood flow through each hepatic lobule?
Flows up through branches of hepatic artery and portal vein supplied to the corners of each lobule, then flows through lobule to the terminal hepatic venule located in the center of each lobule
Where are hepatic sinusoids located?
Between rows of hepatocytes, a form of capillary
What creates bile in the liver?
Hepatocytes in lobules
How is bile moved throughout the liver?
In lobules it flows opposite blood, produced in hepatocytes and then moved to the lobule periphery to the triad which contains branches of the hepatic artery, portal vein, and bile ductiles
What do hepatocytes do?
Produce bile, store carbohydrates as glycogen, produce proteins, and temporarily store lipid
What causes fatty liver?
The permanent loss of liver tissue which can be accompanied by scar tissue or cirrhosis
What cells line the sinusoids of each lobule?
Discontinuous simple squamous endothelium
What are Kupffer cells?
Phagocytic cells that sit on hepatocytes and protrude into sinusoids and engulf particulate matter, resident cells
How are Kupffer cells spaced away from hepatocytes?
Space of Disse
