Disorders of Hepatobiliary and Exocrine Pancreas Function

Question 1

what role does the liver play in digestion

Answer 1

• bile production (emulsifies fat)
• bilirubin excretion
• drug and hormone metabolism
• carbohydrate, protein, lipid metabolism

Question 2

jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia)

Answer 2

• yellowish discoloration of the skin because of high level of bilirubin in the blood

Question 3

prehepatic jaundice

Answer 3

• excessive destruction of RBC: seen 2-3 days after birth

Question 4

intrahepatic jaundice

Answer 4

patients with liver disease

Question 5

post hepatic jaundice

Answer 5

caused by obstruction of flow into gall bladder or duodenum

Question 6

hepatitis

Answer 6

• inflammation of the liver

Question 7

4 liver specific enzymes

Answer 7

• ala