Liver Flashcards
1
Q
What % of the CO does the liver take? What percent of total BF do the portal vein and hepatic artery take?
A
25%; portal 75% and hepatic 25%. O2 supply is 50/50.
2
Q
What is the functional unit of the liver?
A
lobule or liver acinus
3
Q
The liver metabolizes…
A
proteins, carbs, fat, hormones, foreign substances, and drugs
4
Q
The liver stores…
A
vit b12, D, A, iron, glucose
5
Q
What clotting factors aren’t produced by the liver?
A
3, 4, 8, and vWf
6
Q
End stage liver can show s/s of?
A
coagulopathy, ascites, pleural effusion, renal failure due to blood flow, infections, encephalopathy, cardiac hyperdynamic
7
Q
What did the liver produce?
A
Albumin, bile, coag factors (3,4,8), lymph
8
Q
What coag factors are made in the liver?
A
2, 7, 9 , 10
