The Liver Flashcards

1
Q

What Is the role of the hepatic portal vein ?

A

Carry’s blood to the liver from the gut

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2
Q

What is the role of the hepatic vein?

A

Carry blood from the liver to the heart

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3
Q

What does the bile that’s produced in the liver go?

A

Gall bladder

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4
Q

What supplies the liver with blood ?

A

The hepatic artery

Or the blood from the gut via the hepatic portal vein

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5
Q

How many lobes does the liver have ?

A

4

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6
Q

What are the 4 lobes of the liver called?

A

Right lobe
Left lobe
Caudate lobe
Quadrate lobe

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7
Q

What are the important cylindrical shapes found within the liver lobes?

A

Lobules

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8
Q

What is the name of the ligament which separates the right from the left lobe ?

A

Falciform ligament

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9
Q

What are the liver cells called?

A

Hepatocytes

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10
Q

What are the liver capillaries called that allow close contact between blood and functional hepatocytes ?

A

Sinusoids

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11
Q

Explain what sinusoids are?

A

They livers blood capillaries

Allows close contact between blood and functional hepatocytes

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12
Q

Explain how blood flows through the lobules ?

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A

Blood flows from the outside of the lobule , past rows of hepatocytes towards the central lobular vein

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13
Q

What are cannaliculi ?

A

Bile transporting channels

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14
Q

What are the bile transporting channels called ?

A

Cannaliculi

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