Liver Structure And Function

Hepatocytes are interspersed with kupffer cells to make up the liver parenchyma.

• True

• False

Small capillaries that run between the plates of the hepatocytes are termed _____________.

Hepatic lobes are made up of the basic _________ unit, the liver __________.

The porta hepatis is a ________ where the PV and HA enter the liver, and the hepatic duct leaves it.

Small bile canaliculi lie _________ to the hepatocytes.

The central vein connects the _______ venous with the _______ venous blood.

There are approximately ___,000 to ____,000 individual lobules that make up the liver.

Hepatocytes are _____________ cells of the liver.

Bile ducts then unite to form the _______ _________ duct that emerges from the liver at the _______ __________.

The sinusoids are partially lined with ________ cells, that destroy bacteria and remove foreign substances by ___________.

Hepatocytes form bile and secrete it into the sinusoids, which carry the bile to the larger bile ducts in the triad regions.

• True

• False

Sinusoids allow incoming _________ arterial blood to mix with the nutrient rich ________ venous blood to then be transported by the ___________ to the __________ vein.

The PV, HA, and the hepatic duct travel within portal triads _________ throughout the liver.

The lobule is a _________ shaped unit made up of ___________, which are _______ cells that are arranged in platelike layers radiating from the ________ vein to the edge of each lobule.

Between the plates of the hepatocytes are _________ and _____ ____________.

Select all of the following that apply to hepatic functions:

• Bile formation and secretion

• Carbohydrate metabolism

• Fat metabolism

• Protein metabolism

• Reticuloendothelial tissue activity

• Storage depot

• Blood reservoir

• Heat production

• Detoxification

• Lymph formation

• Conjucates bilirubin