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Cells which secrete bile, transform carbohydrates and detoxify substances from the hepatic portal vein. |
Hepatocytes |
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Ducts which direct bile from the lobule to the bile duct |
canaliculi |
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Larger channels in which blood from the hepatic artery and portal vein are mixed to bathe cells. |
sinusoids |
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Specialised macrophages which line the sinusoids |
Kupffer cells |
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Vein which carries nutrient-rich blood to the liver from the small intestine |
Hepatic portal vein |
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A portion of the liver, 1-2 mm in diameter which drains blood from an individual portal venule |
lobule |
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Bed of blood vessels which surrounds the small intestine. |
mesentery |
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Condition in which fat-filled vesicles displace cell nuclei in hepatocytes, causing swelling of the liver. |
Fatty liver |
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Condition in which scar tissue forms around damaged hepatocytes and the hepatic vein's branches and sinusoids are narrowed. |
alcoholic hepatitis (fibrosis) |
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Scar tissue forms where hepatocytes have died. The liver shrinks and fails to process toxins. |
cirrhosis |
