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The liver is connected to two large blood vessels called:
Hepatic Artery
Portal Vein
The hepatic artery carries blood from the ______
Aorta
The Portal Vein carries blood containing
digested nutrients from the GI tract and the spleen and pancreas
The blood vessels subdivide into ______ that leads to ________
Capillaries
Lobule
Each lobule is made of millions of __________ cells that are basic _______ cells
Hepatic

Metabolic
The liver gets dual blood supply from the __ and ___
Hepatic portal vein and hepatic arteries
The hepatic portal vein carries venous blood drained from
the spleen, GI tract, and its associated organs
The hepatic arteries supply _______ to the liver,
arterial blood
Oxygen is provided from:
both Hepatic arteries and hepatic portal vein
Blood flows through the liver ________ and empties into the _________ of each lobule
Sinusoids

Central vein
The central veins voalesce into __________ which leave the liver
Hepatic vein
Bile is secreted by the ______
liver
Bile is stored in the
Gall bladder
Bile is ejected into
the small intestine
The liver can be divided into three zones based upon __________
oxygen supply
Zone 1
encircles the portal tracts where the oxygenated blood from hepatic arteries enters and mixes with portal blood
Zone 2
area between zone 1 and 2
Zone 3
Located around the central vein where blood exits, oxygenation is low
What are the 6 functions of the liver
1. Biotransformation of xenobiotics
2. Carb metabolism and storage
3. Synthesis of blood proteins
4. Urea formation
5. Fat metabolism
6. BIle formation
What toxins are associated with fatty liver
CCl2, ethanol, fialuridine, valproic acid
What toxins are associated with Hepatocyte Necrosis (cell death)
acetaminophen, ethanol, chloroform
What toxins are associated with Canalicular cholestasis
Estrogens, chlorphmazine
What toxins are associated with Bile duct damage
amoxicillin, a-napthyl-isothiocyanate
What toxins are associated with sinusoidal damage
anabolic steroids, cyclophosphamide
What toxins are associated with fibrosis and cirrhosis
ethanol, vynyl chloride, vitamin A
What toxins are associated with tumors
aflatoxin, vinyl chloride, synthetic estrogens, androgens
What toxins are associated with zone 1
Fe overload and allyl alcohol
What toxins are associated with zone 3
CCl4, acetominophen, and ethanol
What mechanisms are associated with ClC4
Pregerntial uptake, high O2
What mechanisms are associated with allyl alcohol
High O2
What mechanisms are associated with CCl4
P450-dependent bioactivation
What mechanisms are associated with acetaminophen
P450-dependent bioactivation and lower GSH
What mechanisms are associated with ethanol
Lower O2, and bioactivation/detox. imbalance
Symptoms of hepatotoxicity
Nausea, vomiting, fatigue, hepatomegaly, jaundice
Histopathology of Heptatoxicity
Fatty liver, cirrhosis, nbecrosis, fibrosis, heptocellular tumors
Blood tests for hepatotoxicity
Serum hepatic enzymes, drug clearance, clotting times, bilirubin
Serum haptic enzymes
ALT, AST, GGT
Liver responds to increased workload by these two
Hypertrophy
Hyperplasia
Hypertrophy
increased cell size
Hyperplasia
Increased cell numbers
Kidneys are in the _______ system
Urinary
Kidneys serve ________ functions
homeostatic
Homeostatic functions of kidneys
regulation of electrolytes
Maintenance of acid-base balance,
Regulation of blood pressure
Kidneys serve the body as a natural filter of _____ and removes wastes
blood
Waste from kidney is sent to the
Bladder
In producing urine, the kidneys excrete wastes such as
Urea and ammonium
Kidneys are responsible for the re absorption of
water, glucose, and amino acids
The kidney is divided these two major structures
Renal cortex
Renal medulla
There are __ to __ cone -shaped renal lobes
8-18
The renal lobes contain ___________ ________ surrounding a portion of medulla called a _____ __________
Renal Cortex
Renal Pyramid
Between the renal pyramids are projects of cortex called
Renal columns (of bertin)
Nephrons
The urine-producing functional structures of the kidney
Nephrons span
the cortex and medulla
The initial portion of a nephron is the
Renal Corpuscle
The renal corpuscle is located
in the cortex
The renal corpuscle followed by a
renal tubule
The renal tubule passes from the ____ deep into the ______
Cortex
Medullary pyramid
Medullary ray
collection of renal tubules that drain into a single collecting duct
The capillary in the glomerulus is ______ and allows certain items to be filtered out of the blood and into the capsular space making urine
Permeable
The urine is carried out of the glomerulus by the ______ and into the _________
Proximal convoluted tuble
Loop of henle
Urine goes from the loop of henle to
the renal pelvis
Urine from the renal pelvis is drained into
the ureter
Urine goes from the ureter to the
bladder
Kidneys two functions
Removal and excretion of toxic metabolic waste from blood
Regualtion of homeostasis
Function of the adderent arteriole
Deliver blood to the glomerulus
Function of the efferent arteriole
Drains the globerulus
Function of the glomerulus
Filtration of blood
Function of the Tubules
Selectively reabsorbs 98-99% salts, H2O, glucose, and amino acids
Function of the Proximal tubule
Reabsorption
Function of the Loop of Henle
Urinary concentration
Function of the descending loop of henle
H2O leaves filtrate
Function of the ascending loop of henle
H2O impereable, Na and Cl transport
Function of the Distal tubule and collecting duct
reabsorption and urine formation
Kidney metal toxicants
Cadmium, mercury, and lead
Kidney halogenated hydrocarbon toxicants
CCl4 and chloroform
Symptoms of renal toxicity
Acute renal failure
Alterations in excretion of wastes in renal toxicity
Globerular filtration rate, Renal plasma flow
Direct pathogenesis of Ethanol Toxicity
Producation of reactive acetaldehylde and increased level of reducing co-factors
Indirect pathogenesis of Ethanol Toxicity
-affects cell membrane fluidity
- formation of unique phospholipids
- Formation of toxic fatty acid ethyl esters
- Mitochondrial inner membrane damage
- Promotes formation of Reactive Oxygen Species
Other effects of ethanol toxicity
-Women more vulnerable to alcoholic liver injury
- Teratogenicity (FAS)
- Carcinogenicity (oral cancers, liver cancer)
Different women carry different variations of
ADH and ALDH enzymes
Variations of enzymes can be traced to variations in the
same gene
A _____ ADH or ____ ALDH can cause toxic acetaldehyde to build up in the botty
fast
slow
Properties of Chloroform
Volatile, pleasant-smelling, water soluble
Past uses of Chloroform
Solvent/extraction solvent, spot remover, fire extinguishers, anethetic
Current uses of Chloroform
- Chemical intermediate used in wide array of chemicals and plastics
- A trihaomethane of by-products
- Chlorination of cooling water in power plants
- Bleaching of paper
- Chlorination of drinking water
Routes of chloroform exposure
- Drinking water
- Swimming pool
- Air
Potential effects on wildlife of Chloroform
- birth defects and reproductive abnormalities
- Liver and renal tumors
Potential effects on humans of Chloroform
- breast, prostate, stomach, and bladder cancer
-Endometriosis
Virtually safe dose (VSD) of chloroform in drinking water
4.3 ppb for a 1/100,000 increased lifetime risk of cancer
VSD of airborne chloroform
.000008 ppm for a 1/1,000,000 increased lifetime risk of cancer
Induction of mouse _______ and rat _______ by chloroform administered by Gavage and drinking water
- liver tumor
- kidney tumor
Three parts of mechanistically-based risk assessment
- Genotoxicant?
- Nongenotoxic-cytotoxicant
-Enhanced cell proliferation