Liver Histology - aubie aubie aubie aubie

Question 1

what’s the fibrous coat over the liver called?

Answer 1

glisson’e capsule

Question 2

what are at the of liver lobules?

Center of lobule?

Answer 2

Portal canal (artery, vein, duct)
Central vein

Question 3

blood flows to or from the central vein.

Answer 3

to it. the artery and vein outside lobule flow to the central vein.

Question 4

In the lobule, be able to define the vein, artery and duct. What do they look like?

Answer 4

Vein - largest
artery -
duct - cuboidal epithelium

Question 5

where is the space of Disse?

Answer 5

it’s area between hepatocyes and veins. (perisinusoidal space)

Question 6

cells that store fat and vitamin A

Answer 6

Stellate cells, also called Ito cells, but that’s dumb.

Question 7

Parenchymal cells have microvilli that extend into what area formed by tight junctions between cells?

Answer 7

Bile canaliculi

Question 8

3 types of lobule

Answer 8

Classic, portal, acinus

Question 9

Classic lobule.

Answer 9

ya know, central vein, hexagonal shape, blood flows to center, bile flows away from center.

Question 10

Portal lobule

Answer 10

It’s just a different way of defining the same lobule. but now the central lobules are the corners of a triangle, which makes the portal artery etc. the middle

Question 11

acinus lobule

Answer 11

it’s the branching pattern of the hepatic vein and artery.

zone 1, 2 and 3. 1 is most oxygen and nutrients. zone 3 is prone to ischemia