Accessory Digestive Organs Flashcards
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The liver and pancreas are: (where are they derived from)
embryological outgrowths of the primitive gut
The liver and pancreas function as:
accessory digestive organs
Largest gland and internal organ:
Liver
The liver is divided to 4 lobes:
Left, right, caudate, quadrate
Major functions of the liver:
1. detoxification of ______
2. Metabolism and detoxification of ___
3. Destruction of _____
4. Recycling of _____ via synthesis and secretion of _____
5. Synthesis of _____
6. Miscellaneous _____
- metabolic waste
- drugs & toxins
- senescent rbcs
- Hb; bile
- plasma proteins
- metabolic functions
The liver detoxifies metabolic waste through the process of:
deamination of AA’s —> Urea
What plasma proteins are synthesized by the liver? (3)
clotting factors, albumin, lipoproteins
The miscellaneous metabolic functions of the liver include: (3)
glycogen synthesis, glycogen storage, gluconeogenesis
The external surface of the liver is covered by connective tissue capsule:
Glisson’s Capsule
Monosaccharides and AA’s from digestion enter the liver via:
hepatic portal vein
Responsible for carrying 75-80% of the blood to the liver:
hepatic portal vein
In addition to blood, the hepatic portal vein carries potentially toxic compounds absorbed from the diet to the liver to be:
conjugated or detoxified
oxygenated blood supplied to the liver via the _____
hepatic artery
The hepatic artery is a branch of the:
celiac trunk
oxygenated blood to the liver by the hepatic artery, a branch of the celiac trunk —->
portal arterioles in hepatic lobules
_____ caries only 20-25% of blood to the liver
portal arterioles
what happens to the blood carried by the portal arterioles:
mixes with unoxygenated blood from poratl vein to perfuse liver cells
The liver is a ___ rich, but ____ poor environment
nutrient rich; oxygen poor
In hepatic circulation, the venous drainage of lobules occurs via
central venules—> hepatic vein
Liver cells:
hepatocytes
Most hepatocytes are _____ but some are ____ &/or _____
diploid ; polyploid &/or binucleate
Hepatocytes contain large numbers of ___ & ____
cytoplasmic granules & storage products
The cytoplasmic granules inside the hepatocytes are from the:
rER and lysosomal products
Aging hepatocytes accumulate:
lipfuscin (brown pigment)