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Extra-hepatic biliary tract development may require the expression of

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Extra-hepatic biliary tract development may require the expression of sex determining region Y-box 17 (SOX17), which is regulated by the homolog of hairy/enhancer-of- split (Hes1).

2
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Intrahepatic biliary development

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begins at 6 weeks when a subset of hepatoblasts close to the portal mesenchyme strongly express biliary-specific antigens

3
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These biliary precursor cells form a continuous single-layered ring around the portal mesenchyme

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called the ductal plate.

4
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he earliest sign of biliary differentiation is expression of SOX9

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a transcription factor that regulates the timing of biliary duct development.

5
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maintenance of duct structure during the elongation phase requires that mitoses be aligned uniformly along the axis of the duct, a process called planar cell polarity, which is controlled by

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non-canonical Wnt signaling and is defective in fibropolycystic liver disease.

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The extra-embryonic venous systems are the omphalomesenteric (vitelline) and umbilical (placental) veins, and the intraembryonic system

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includes the cardinal veins that drain the venous blood of the embryo to the heart

7
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Vascular development

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The right umbilical vein regresses, whereas the left umbilical vein forms 2 left-right shunts, one with the right vitelline vein (the portal sinus) and one with the right hepatocardiac channel (the venous duct).

8
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After birth,

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the obliterated prehepatic segment of the left umbilical vein becomes the round ligament of the liver (ligamentum teres hepatis) in the free edge of the falciform ligament, and the ductus venosus collapses and becomes the ligamentum venosum.

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Anatomy

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Parietal peritoneum covers the liver except for the bare area

10
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Anatomy

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The peritoneal reflections that surround the bare area comprise the superior and inferior coronary ligaments and the right and left triangular ligaments, which attach the liver to the diaphragm;

11
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4 lobes are distinguished in the liver based on its external appearance:

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right, left, caudate, and quadrate. On the anterior surface, the falciform ligament divides the liver into the right and left anatomic lobes.

12
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This plane, which has no external indications, is called the

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Cantlie line.

The true right and left lobes of the liver are of roughly equal size and are divided not by the falciform ligament, but by a plane passing through the bed of the gallbladder and the notch of the inferior vena cava.

13
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The liver receives approximately 70% of its blood supply and 40% of its oxygen from the ____and 30% of its blood supply and 60% of its oxygen from the hepatic artery

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.portal vein

formed from the confluence of the superior mesenteric vein and the splenic vein.

14
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The hepatic artery

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_____
commonly arises from the celiac trunk, although occasionally it
arises from the superior mesenteric artery

15
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Three major hepatic veins drain into the

inferior vena cava,

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although in 60% to 85% of persons, the left

and middle veins unite to enter the inferior vena cava as a single vein.

16
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is composed of the common hepatic duct, cystic duct, gallbladder, and right and left hepatic ducts.

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extra hepatic biliary tract

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formerly known as “Ito cells” or fat- storing cells, are perisinusoidal cells that, in their quiescent state, are the main site of vitamin A storage.

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Hepatic stellate cells

They encircle the sinusoidal wall and may regulate the width of the lumen.

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____ remains between the sinusoidal lining and the vascular pole of hepatocytes and communicates with the sinusoidal space through multiple fenestrations

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A perisinusoidal space, the space of Disse

this space contains plasma and collagen types I, III, IV, and V, which act as the scaffolding of the organ

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is a space between the periportal hepatocytes and portal connective tissue.

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The space of Mall

20
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the following 3 zones exist

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(1) the periportal zone (zone 1), which is supplied by blood with high oxygen content;
(2) the intermediate zone (zone 2)
(3) the perivenular zone (zone 3), receives blood that is relatively low in oxygen content

21
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The convex aspect of the sickle abuts a portal tract, its arms extend along septal branches, and the concave aspect faces the central vein.

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This arrangement defines 2 zones: the peripheral part of the classic lobule composed

22
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The zonal arrangement of the lobule gives rise to functional

heterogeneity of hepatocytes in the lobule, or “metabolic zonation”

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gluconeogenesis occurs
largely in the periportal region (zone 1),

whereas glycolysis
occurs predominantly in the centrilobular region (zone 3)

23
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lobe denotes a prominent right liver lobe that extends

below the level of the umbilicus.

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Riedel lobe

24
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Riedel lobe

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an anatomic variation that occurs more often in women
Liver biochemical test levels are
normal, and the diagnosis is established by US.

25
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Abernethy Malformation

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congenital extra-hepatic portocaval shunt.

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Abernethy Malformation Two types of shunts are known to occur.

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type 1 shunt, portal blood is diverted completely into the inferior vena cava, with absence of the portal vein. T
his type of shunt occurs more often in girls and is associated with other congenital abnormalities such as cardiac defects, biliary atresia, and polysplenia; may manifest with hypergalactosemia, hyperbilirubinemia, hyperammonemia, or variceal bleeding; and may be complicated by the formation of hepatic tumors such as focal nodular hyperplasia

type 2 Abernethy malformation, the portal vein is intact, but a side-to-side anastomosis with the inferior vena cava leads to shunting; technically, not a true absence of the portal vein.
A type 2 shunt occurs in both girls and boys and is not associated with other malformations

27
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Type 1 Abernethy malformation can be further divided into subtype

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1a, in which the superior mesenteric vein and the splenic vein do not join and thus there is no anatomic portal vein

type 1b, in which the superior mesenteric vein and splenic vein do join to form a portal vein, which then drains into a systemic vein.