Liver Function Flashcards
Largest Internal Organ
Liver
Weight of Liver
1.2 to 1.5 kg
Chief Metabolic Organ in the Body
Liver
The smallest functional unit of Liver
Hepatic Lobule
Functions of the Liver
Synthetic Function
Detoxication Function
Excretion Function
What does the liver synthesize?
Enzymes and Proteins
Clotting Factors
Cholesterol
What does the liver detoxify?
Alcohol
Drugs
Ammonia
Product of Amino Acid Deamination
Ammonia
What does the liver excrete?
Bilirubin
Clotting factors that do not produce by the liver
Factor lll (Tissue Factor)
Factor IV (Calcium)
Glucose»_space; ATP (breakdown)
Glycolysis
Glucose»_space;> Glycogen
Glycogenesis
Glycogen»_space;> Glucose
Glycogenolysis
Fat, Proteins»_space;> Glucose
Gluconeogenesis
Synthesis of bile salts and lipids from acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism
Allow the substances to reach the circulation “first pass”
Excretion of steroid hormones, drugs, and foreign compounds
Detoxification
Where does the detoxification of the liver occurs?
Microsomes of the liver via CYTOCHROME P-450 isoenzymes
What does increased ammonia mean?
Impaired Liver
Fraction absorbed into the systemic circulation
Bioavailability
Major heme waste product
Product of Hemoglobin degradation
BILIRUBIN
How many hours does the conversion of HEME to BILIRUBIN take?
2-3 hours
B2 + ALBUMIN= ?
DELTA BILIRUBIN
Unconjugated bilirubin
Non-polar
Water-insoluble
Indirect Bilirubin
Hemobilirubin
B1
aka HEMOBILIRUBIN
B1
aka CHOLEBILIRUBIN
B2
Does NORMAL urine contain UROBILINIGEN?
YES
COLORLESS substance formed in the intestine
Urobilinogen
Orange-brown pigment
gives the natural brown color of feces
Urobilin
Converts B1 to B2
UDPGT
Yellow discoloration of skin, eyes, and mucous membranes
JAUNDICE (Icterus)
Normal Value (Jaundice associated)
NV= 0.5 – 1.0 mg/dL
Classification of Jaundice
Prehepatic, Hepatic and Post hepatic
PRE-HEPATIC is aka?
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Excessive destruction of RBC
↑Total Bilirubin
↑ B1
Normal B2
PRE-HEPATIC
- ACUTE AND CHRONIC HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
- HEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE NEWBORN
- HEMOLYTIC TRANSFUSION REACTION
- MALARIA
PRE-HEPATIC
Biliary obstructive disease
↑TB
Normal B1
↑ B2
Bilirubinuria
POST-HEPATIC
Physical obstructions which prevent the flow of B2
into bile canal
POST-HEPATIC
- GALL STONES
- TUMORS
POST-HEPATIC