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22 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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The liver originates from which portion of the primitive gut?
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Foregut
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What's located in a lobule of the liver?
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Hepatocytes, Kupffer Cells, Blood Sinuses
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Hemopoiesis is responsible for ________ of the liver
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the large size
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The surface of the liver that rests on the abdominal organs
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Inferior
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The surface of the base of the liver pyramid
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Right lateral
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The boundries of the bare area
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Falciform, coronary, triangular ligaments
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The medial portion of the left lobe of the liver is also referred to as the ____
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Quadrate Lobe
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What does the liver metabolize?
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Fats, carbs, proteins
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How many true lobes is the liver composed of?
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3
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What two structures seperate the left hepatic lobe from the caudate?
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Left hepatic vein and fissure for the ligamentum venosum
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What percent of total blood flow to the liver does the portal system supply?
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75%
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The left portal vein communicates with the _______ in pt w/ severe portal hypertension
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umbilical vein
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What veins supply the caudate love with blood?
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Right and left portal veins
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The common bile duct and hepatic artery course ________ the portal vein within the liver
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Anterior
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The main lobar fissure represents:
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a boundary between the right and left lobes
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The left portal vein takes a C-shaped superior course in the liver, proximal to the
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falciform ligament
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In human ebryonic circulation, which vessel is responsible for returning blood from the yolk to the heart?
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Vitelline Veins
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Which vessel develops as a large shunt allowing some blood to bypass the liver and flow directly from the placenta to the fetal heart?
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Ductus Venosus
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Biliary Epithelial Cells
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cells creating biliary ducts
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Hepatocytes
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Together w/ Kupffer cells they create the liver parenchyma
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Kupffer Cells
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Macrophage cells in the liver that recognize and ingest foreign
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What are sinusoids
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Capillaries that connect hepatic arterioles, hepatic venules, and terminal hepatic venules
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