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gross anatomy

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present in upper right and left quadrants

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what protects liver

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thoracic ribcage

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3
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where does liver lie

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very near diaphgram

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4 lobed structure

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right, left

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what separates right and left lobe and attaches to diaphragm

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falciform ligament

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caudate lobe

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in middle

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quadrate lobe

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bottom

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blood delivery

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hepatic portal vein, hepatic artery proper

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blood removal

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hepatic vein (into inferior vena cava)

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10
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couinaud classification

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8 functionally independent segments - each can be resected without damaging those remaining

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functional segments

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centrally (portal vein, hepatic artery, bile duct), peripherally (hepatic vein)

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blood supply

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25% of resting cardiac output

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dual blood supply

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20% arterial blood from hepatic artery (left and right branches); 80% venous blood draining from gut through hepatic portal vein

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where does blood from liver drain into

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inferior vena cava via hepatic vein

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purpose of dual blood supply

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hepatic artery provides oxygenated blood to allow function as hepatic portal vein has low oxygen concentration - anything absorbed by gut must pass through liver before entering systemic circulation

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micro-anatomy structures: morphological

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lobules, portal tracts/triads

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micro-anatomy structures: functional

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acinis, blood flow, bile flow

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lobule shape and structures on outer section

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hexagonal, portal triad (hepatic portal vein branch, hepatic artery branch, bile duct)

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where does blood from hepatic portal vein and artery mix

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sinusoid - absorbed nutrients into hepatic cells, then to internal central canal; bile duct secretes bile to external

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20
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hepatocytes from external to internal

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periportal to centilobular

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where are portal tracts

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around edges of adjoining lobules

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22
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4 key roles in liver

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digestion, storage and biosynthesis, energy metabolism, degradation and detoxification

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cell types of liver

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hepatocytes (80% of mass), endothelial cells (line blood vessels and sinusoids), cholangiocytes (line biliary structures), Kupffer cells (fixed phagocytes), hepatic stellate cells (vitamin A storage cells, may be activated to fibrogenic myofibroblastic phenotype)

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Kupffer cells or hepatic stellate cells

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flattened, dense cell nuclei that appear to be in sinusoids

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hepatocytes
large cells with pale and rounded nuclei
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hepatocytes
cords (sheets) of hepatocytes radiating from central vein
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acinus
functional unit less clearly defined - 2 adjacent 1/6ths of lobules
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acinus zones
1 (closest to portal triad), 2, 3 (closest to vein)
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acinus zone most susceptible to ischaemia
zone 3
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acinus zone most susceptible to viral hepatitis
zone 1
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what produces bile
hepatocytes
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where does bile flow
along canaliculus to bile duct (opposite direction to blood flow)
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non-parenchymal cells
Kuppfer cells, endothelial cells, hepatic stellate cells
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hepatic stellate cell
vitamin A storage, when activated produce ECM (fibrogenesis); respond to pro-inflammatory environments, laying down excessive ECM, promoting fibrosis and cirrhosis (loss of functional liver tissue replaced by fibrotic tissue)
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sinusoidal endothelial cell
fenestrated to allow lipid and other large molecule movement to and from hepatocytes
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Kupffer cell
phagocytosis including erythrocyte breakdown, secretion of cytokines promoting hepatic stellate cell activation, causing proliferation, contraction and fibrogenesis
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glucose metabolism
increase after meal, taken up by liver and muscle to be stored as glycogen (24 hours) then gluconeogenesis
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hepatocyte glucose metabolism: muscle and liver
glucose uptaken, glycolysis to pyruvate, TCA cycle/fermentation/lactate (if lactate uptaken by liver, converted to pyruvate, then to glucose (gluconeogenesis - energy dependent) and released again
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hitting the wall when running a marathon
when muscle and liver glycogen store exhausted, as must switch to metabolism of other substrates (e.g. fat - not as much energy per mole oxygen, and also slower process)
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amino acid source
diet or, in fasted state, from muscle
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amino acids in liver
generates secreted proteins (plasma proteins, clotting factors, lipoproteins)
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transamination purpose
some don't come from diet - body must produce others from diet amino acids
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reversible transamination by transaminases
amino acid 1 (essential) + keto acid 1 - amino acid 2 (non-essential) + keto acid 2
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amino acids from a-keto glutarate
glutamate, proline, arginine
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amino acids from pyruvate
alanine, valine, leucine
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amino acids from oxaloacetate
aspartate, methionine, lysine
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muscle deamination - energy dependent
removal of amino group, converting pyruvate to glucose, removing nitrogen as urea
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glucose-alanine cycle in liver
pyruvate and glutamate (from amino acid breakdown) converted to alanine in muscle, then adding to a-ketoglutarate in liver to form pyruvate and glutamate
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fate of glutamate in liver
removal of amine group (4 ATP) to form urea, pyruvate converted to glucose (6 ATP) then secreted so muscle cells can uptake glucose
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fat storage
contains more energy, stored in adipose and liver
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when glycogen stores full
excess glucose and amino acids converted to fats in liver for storage
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production of acetyl CoA from fat in liver
triglyceride broken down into fatty acids (and glycerol) in adipose tissue - sent to liver - B-oxidation to acetyl CoA for use in TCA
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other outcome of acetyl CoA
2 produced and combined to produce acetoacetate (ketone - mobile method of acetyl CoA transfer) - used by tissues to liberate acetyl CoA
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lipoprotein synthesis in liver
glucose converted to pyruvate (and glycerol) - converted to acetyl CoA - converted to fatty acids or cholesterol
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glycerol fate
tri-acyl glycerol, then add apoproteins and phospholipids, which then combine with fatty acids and cholesterol from acetyl CoA, producing lipoproteins including VLDL (transport fatty acids to tissues)
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outcome of VLDL
become tri-glycerides in adipose tissue, or become LDL (transport cholesterol to tissues - bad)
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other outcome of lipoproteins
HDL (empty so pick up excess cholesterol - good)
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cholesterol functions
membrane integrity, hormones
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liver function as storage
store fat soluble vitamins (A (to vitamin B12), D, E, K), iron as ferritin (for erythropoiesis), copper
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liver function as detoxification
phase 1: attempts to make more hydrophilic (easier to excrete) by P450 enzymes; phase 2: attach water soluble side chain to make less reactive and leave blood until reaches kidney for excretion in urine

LSS Alimentary System (40 decks)

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