module 15

Question 1

largest gland of body?

Answer 1

liver

Question 2

4 lobes of liver

Answer 2

right lobe, a smaller left lobe, a small inferior quadrate lobe, and a small posterior caudate lobe.

Question 3

hepatic portal system

Answer 3

consists of the hepatic portal vein and the veins that drain into it. It receives blood from the superior mesenteric vein, inferior mesenteric vein, splenic vein, gastric veins, and all their tributaries. The hepatic portal vein delivers materials from the digestive organs (and spleen) directly to the liver for processing.

Question 4

hepatocyte

Answer 4

liver’s main cell type

Question 5

ducts of bile

Answer 5

left and right hepatatic duct, then common hepatatic duct, and cystic duct which comes together to common bile duct

Question 6

two pancreas hormones secreted

Answer 6

insulin (beta cells) and glucagon (alpha cells)

Question 7

pancreatic duct

Answer 7

prancreatic juices are secreted through this into the duodenum

Question 8

what is gallbladder function

Answer 8

store and secrete bile through the cystic duct and common bile duct