Liver, Bile, & Lipid DIgestion Flashcards
What suspends the liver between the stomach and anterior abdominal wall? What are the two ligaments?
Peritoneum - Lesser Omentum & Falciform ligament
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What is the largest gland (by weight) and where is it located?
Liver, upper right abdomen between ribs 5-10
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Where is the less omentum located and what does it contain?
Btwn liver & stomach
Contains hepatic blood vessels & bile ducts
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Where is the falciform ligament?
Btwn liver & anterior abdominal wall
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What covers the liver except the bare area?
Visceral peritoneum
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Where is the top of the liver attached to and what is it surrounded by?
Attached to diaphragm
Surrounded by coronal ligament
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What are the lobes of the liver & what are they demarcated by?
Right, Left, Quadrate, Caudate
blood vessels & ligaments
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What is the ligamentum teres?
Vestige of an umbilical vein carrying blood from placenta to fetus
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What is the Porta Hepatis and what does it contain?
Hilum of the liver
Contains bile ducts, hepatic artery, & portal vein
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How much of cardiac output does the liver receive?
29%
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What are some functions of the liver?
- Macrophages consume colonic bacteria
- Metabolizes the 3 major components of food: carb, lipid, prot
- Stores vitamin & iron
- Detoxifies drugs, hormones, etc
- Secretes bile
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What does the liver do with carbs?
Stores glucose by forming glycogen/secretes glucose into circulation through gluconeogenesis
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What does the liver do with lipids?
synthesizes lipoproteins, cholesterol, & phospholipids
oxidizes FA
converts carbs & prot into fat
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What does the liver do with proteins?
Synthesizes plasma proteins
Forms urea
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Where does the hepatic artery bring blood from?
Oxygenated blood from the aorta via the celiac artery
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What does the portal vein bring?
Nutrient filled deoxygenated blood from the gastric, splenic, & mesenteric veins
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What are the sinusoids lined with? What do they do?
hepatocytes, detoxify, metabolize, store iron & vitamins
What does the hepatic vein bring blood from?
Out of the superior aspect of the liver into the Inferior Vena Cava
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What is the classic lobule?
Hexagonal arrangement of hepatocytes
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What do the portal areas (triads) at each corner contain?
Hepatic artery, portal vein, and bile canaliculus
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Where does the central vein lie?
In the middle of the classic lobule
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What is the more functional unit of the liver?
Liver Acinus
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What does the hepatocyte efficiency depend on?
Proximity to blood supply
Of the three concentric zones incorporating portions of adjacent lobules, what does zone 1 & 3 receive?
1 - highest concentration of oxygen & nutrients
3 - least oxygen & nutrients, but is primary site of alcohol & drug detox (susceptible to hypoxia & toxic damage)