Liver Function Flashcards
Anatomy of the Liver
Lobes:
Weight:
Two major vessels:
Largest and Most versatile organ
2 main lobes separated by falciform ligament
1.2 - 1.5 kg
Major Vessels: Hepatic Artery & Portal Vein
Right lobe is ____ larger than the left lobe
6x
Two major Vessels:
_______: Heart ——25% of blood——> Liver
Contributes 25% of blood from the aorta to the liver
Hepatic Artery
Two major Vessels
_______: GI tract ——nutrient rich——> Liver
Transports nutrient rich material from digestive tract to the liver
Portal Vein
Volume of blood that travels to the liver
15000 ml/min
smallest functional unit of the liver
Lobules
Cells
___: Hepatocytes
___: Kuppfer cells
80%: Hepatocytes
20%: Kuppfer cells
Phagocytic macrophages of the liver
Kuppfer cells
Liver cells:
Vascular spaces in the cord:
Phagocytic Macrophage:
Liver cells: Heatocytes
Vascular spaces in the cord: Sinusoids
Phagocytic Macrophage: Kuppfer cells
Liver Function
Metabolic Synthetic Secretory and Excretory Detoxification & Drug Metabolism Storage
Liver functions
Excretion: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Synthesis: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Detoxification: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Conjugation:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Storage: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Excretion: Bilirubin, Bile salts, Bile pigments
Synthesis: CHO, Proteins, Lipids, LPP, Clotting factors, Enzymes
Detoxification: Toxic substance - Drugs, Biproducts
Conjugation: Bilirubin
Storage: Glycogen, Fat soluble vitamins
Main secretory/excretory product of the liver
Bile
Principal pigment of the Bile
Bilirubin
Bilirubin is derived from the degradation of ___________
Hemoglobin
Most important excretory product of the Liver
Bilirubin
Bilirubin 1 vs. Bilirubin 2
B1
Unconjugated Non-Polar Indirect Water Insoluble Hemobilirubin
B2
Conjugated Polar Direct Water Soluble Cholebilirubin
__________ is broken down and is excreted as a waste product
Protoporphyrin IX
Transports bilirubin to the liver
Albumin
Conversion of Protoporphyrin IX to Biliverdin is catalyzed by _____________
Heme Oxygenase
Conjugation site
Liver
What specific site in the liver does conjugation occurs
Smooth ER of Hepatocytes
Enzyme that converts B1 to B2
UDPGT - Uridyldiphosphate glucoronyl transferase
B2
Bilirubin diglucuronide
After B2 goes out to the Liver, bilirubin passes to the ___________ & ____________
Bile duct and further to the INTESTINES
An ORANGE-BROWN pigment after oxidation of Urobilinogen
Urobilin (80%)
Delta Bilirubin
Conjugated Bilirubin bound to albumin
Delta Bilirubin is present in severe _____________________
Biliary Obstruction
Increase bilirubin level that results to yellow discoloration
Jaundice