Liver (inferior Surface) Flashcards

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Liver

A

Largest gland (Production of bile)
Metabolism of nutrients
Made of simple cubodial epithelium

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2
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Gall Bladder

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Anterior border of the Liver

stores bile of the liver until food is in the stomach

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RIght lobe of the liver

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Largest Lobe right of the gall bladder and Inferior Vena Cava

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4
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Left Lobe

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Left of the falciform ligament

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5
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Caudate Lobe

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Btw the left lob and the inferior vena cava

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Quadrate Lobe

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Btw the falciform ligament and the gall bladder

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7
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Hepatic Artery

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Arises from the celiac trunk of the abdominal aorta provide the liver tissue with oxygen

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8
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Bile Salts

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Formed from cholesterol

Important for the emulsifying and absorption of fatty elements from the intestines

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9
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Hepatic Ducts

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Liver releases additional bile that enters here

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10
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Cystic Duct

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Gall bladder contracts and bile is sent through this

Cystic = Bladder

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Common Bile Duct

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Hepatic and cystic ducts join here

Passes behind the head of the pancreas to the Duodenum alongside the main pancreatic duct

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12
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Hepatic portal vein

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Water, drugs and nutrients from the stomach and intestines are transported by this vein to the liver

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Portal

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Large vein connects two sets of capillaries with within the walls of the stomach, intestines and spleen and those in the liver.

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