P27 - Hepatobiliary and Exocrine Pancreas Flashcards
functional subunit of liver parenchyma
- hepatic lobule
space of Disse
- perisinusoidal space between sinusoid and hepatic plate
- hepatic stellate cells present
function of hepatic stellate cells (2)
- storage for Vit A
- response to hepatic injury by producing collagen (hepatic fibrosis)
kupffer cells function
- remove infectious agents, endotoxins, immune complexes, senescent cells, particulate debris, and other substance from portal blood that drains GI tract
how do kupffer cells function immunologically
- antigen-presenting cells and initiators of cytokine signaling
bile flows in what direction compared to blood
- opposite
what part of the hepatocyte has the least oxygenated blood and what is it susceptible to
- surrounding central veins (zone 3)
- hypoxic injury
bilirubin comes from the breakdown of what
- heme
bile acid metabolism (synthesis and excretion)
- synthesized in liver and excreted into gallbladder
portals of entry into hepatocytes (4)
- direct extension (penetrating trauma)
- hematogenous spread
- retrograde biliary infection
- retrograde pancreatic ductular infection
describe random pattern of hepatocellular degeneration and necrosis
- multifocal areas of degeneration and necrosis scattered randomly throughout the liver with no predictable lobular pattern
- hematogenous route of entry
- embolic pattern
describe zonal pattern of hepatocellular degeneration and necrosis
- specific areas of degeneration and necrosis that are restricted to particular portion of hepatic lobule
zones of hepatic lobule (3)
- zone 1 - periportal
- zone 2 - mid-zonal
- zone 3 - centrilobular
cause of random pattern of hepatocellular degeneration and necrosis
- blood-borne infectious agents (viruses, bacteria, protozoa)
cause of zonal pattern of hepatocellular degeneration and necrosis (3)
- hypoxic injury
- zonal hepatitis
- hepatotoxicities
cytochrome P450 enzyme converts drugs or chemicals into what
- toxic metabolites
three causes of hyperbilirubinemia
- hemolytic disease (prehepatic)
- liver failure (hepatic)
- cholestatic disease (posthepatic)
how does hemolytic disease lead to hyperbilirubinemia
- hemolysis leads to accumulation of bilirubin in blood
- exceeds liver capacity to remove bilirubin from blood