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18 Cards in this Set
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What is the main structural component of the liver?
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Liver lobule
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What do hepatocytes do?
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synthesize bile
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What type of tissue is the stroma of the liver?
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connective tissue
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What are the blood sources for the liver?
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- Hepatic artery
- Portal vein |
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Describe the blood flow in the liver lobule
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1) Hepatic a. / Portal v.
2) through sinusoids 3) collect in central vein 4) into sublobular vein 5) exit via Hepatic veins 6) dump into IVC |
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In the portal vein system, the venule contains blood from what veins?
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Superior Mesenteric v.
Inferior Mesenteric v. Splenic v. |
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True or false: in the portal vein system, the venule is rich in oxygen?
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False
(rich in nutrients) |
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In the portal vein system, the arteriole contains blood from what blood vessels?
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Celiac trunk (of abdominal aorta)
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True or false: in the portal vein system, the arteriole is rich in nutrients?
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False
(rich in oxygen) |
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What kind of epithelium does the bile duct consist of?
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cuboidal
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Bile is synthesized by the ______ cells
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parenchymal
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Liver sinusoids consist of _____ endothelium
A) fenestrated B) continuous C) discontinuous |
A) fenestrated
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What is Disse's Space (liver)?
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The space between hepatocyte & capillary endothelial cell
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What are Kupffer cells (liver)
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macrophages
Where are they usually found? |
Disse's Space
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True or false: hepatocytes contain microvilli?
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True
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sinusoid side & bile canaliculi side
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What is the bile canaliculus?
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thin tube between hepatocytes that collect bile
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What is Herings canal & what type of epithelium lines it?
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- Space which connects canaliculi to the bile duct
- lined w/ cuboidal epithelium |
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The gallbladder is lined with _____ epithelium
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columnar
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