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5.1.2 (b) the Liver Flashcards

1
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what are the 3 vessels connected to the liver?

A

hepatic artery
hepatic vein
hepatic portal vein

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2
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which vessel removes blood from the liver?

A

hepatic vein

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3
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which vessels bring blood to the liver?

A

hepatic artery and hepatic portal vein

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4
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what is the composition of the blood in the hepatic artery?

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this is oxygenated blood from the heart

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5
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what is the composition of the blood in the hepatic portal vein?

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this is blood containing high concentrations of nutrients from the intestines to allow for metabolic activity in the liver

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6
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what cells make up the liver?

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hepatocytes

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7
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what are the features of a hepatocyte?

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they have a large nucleus
they have a prominent golgi complex
they have LOTS of mitochondria

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8
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why do hepatocytes have a lot of mitochondria?

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they are very metabolically active cells

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9
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why do hepatocytes have a prominent golgi?

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they have to secrete lots of vesicles of bile

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10
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what do hepatocytes do?

A

break down harmful substances in the blood
break down red blood cells into bile

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11
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where is the blood from the hepatic artery and hepatic portal vein mixed in the liver?

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spaces called sinusoids are surrounded by hepatocytes

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12
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why is the blood mixed in the liver?

A

this increases the oxygen content of the blood

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13
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what are Kuppfer cells?

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they are found on hepatocytes and ingest pathogens and protect the liver from disease

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14
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where does the bile secreted from the hepatocytes go to?

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the Canaliculus which drains the bile into the bile ductiles and then into the gall bladder

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15
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micrograph of a liver tissue

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16
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what are the main functions of the liver?

A

carbohydrate metabolism
deamination of amino acids
detoxification

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17
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how does the liver react to insulin?

A

when insulin levels rise due to a high blood glucose level, hepatocytes are stimulated to convert glucose into glycogen

GLYCOGENESIS

so the liver is a good store of glycogen

18
Q

how does the liver react to glucagon?

A

when glucagon levels rise due to a low blood glucose level, hepatocytes are stimulated to convert glycogen into glucose

GLYCOGENOLYSIS

19
Q

what is transamination?

A

the conversion of one amino acid into another

20
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why is transamination important?

A

allows diet to be balanced with different amino acids

21
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what is deamination?

A

the removal of an amine group from a molecule

22
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why must proteins and amino acids be deaminated?

A

proteins and amino acids cannot be stored in the body

23
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what do hepatocytes produce as a waste product of deamination?

A

they convert the amino group into ammonia and then into urea

24
Q

why can’t ammonia just be excreted instead of converting it to urea?

A

ammonia is too toxic to be excreted directly by mammals

25
Q

what happens to urea produced in deamination?

A

transported and excreted by the kidneys

26
Q

what happens to the rest of the amino acid?

A

it is used in cellular respiration or converted into lipids for storage

27
Q

what cycle converts ammonia into urea?

A

the ornithine cycle

28
Q

ammonia and carbon dioxide and ornithine

A

citruline and water

29
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citruline and ammonia

A

arginine and water

30
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arginine and water

A

urea and ornithine

31
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generalisation of ornithine cycle

A

ammonia + carbon dioxide
forms
urea + water

32
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what is detoxification?

A

when toxic substances are made harmless

33
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what two substances can the liver detoxify?

A

hydrogen peroxide
ethanol

34
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what enzyme do hepatocytes contain to break down hydrogen peroxide?

A

catalase

35
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what does catalase split hydrogen peroxide into?

A

oxygen and water

36
Q

what enzyme do hepatocytes contain to detoxify ethanol?

A

alcohol dehydrogenase

37
Q

what is ethanol broken down into?

A

ethanal and then to ethanoate

38
Q

why is it important to detoxify ethanol?

A

excess ethanol can lead to cirrhosis of the liver
liver cells end up dying

39
Q

what is wider the hepatic portal vein or hepatic artery?

A

hepatic portal vein

40
Q

which is branched hepatic portal vein or hepatic artery?

A

hepatic portal vein

41
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how are hormones excreted from the body?

A

hepatocytes remove the NH2 group (deamination)
converts into ammonia
ammonia enters ornthine cycle and urea is formed
urea leaves via the kidney

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