Liver Structure And Function
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Abdomen
Questions and Answers
- 1.Hepatic lobes are made up of the basic _________ unit, the liver __________.
- 2.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.
- 3.There are approximately ___,000 to ____,000 individual lobules that make up the liver.
- 4.Hepatocytes are _____________ cells of the liver.
- 5.Hepatocytes are interspersed with kupffer cells to make up the liver parenchyma.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Between the plates of the hepatocytes are _________ and _____ ____________.
- 7.Small capillaries that run between the plates of the hepatocytes are termed _____________.
- 8.Sinusoids allow incoming _________ arterial blood to mix with the nutrient rich ________ venous blood to then be transported by the ___________ to the __________ vein.
- 9.The central vein connects the _______ venous with the _______ venous blood.
- 10.The sinusoids are partially lined with ________ cells, that destroy bacteria and remove foreign substances by ___________.
- 11.Small bile canaliculi lie _________ to the hepatocytes.
- 12.Hepatocytes form bile and secrete it into the sinusoids, which carry the bile to the larger bile ducts in the triad regions.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Bile ducts then unite to form the _______ _________ duct that emerges from the liver at the _______ __________.
- 14.Porta hepatis is the "gateway to the liver."
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.The porta hepatis is a ________ where the PV and HA enter the liver, and the hepatic duct leaves it.
- 16.The PV, HA, and the hepatic duct travel within portal triads _________ throughout the liver.
- 17.Select all of the following that apply to hepatic functions:
- A.
Bile formation and secretion
- B.
Carbohydrate metabolism
- C.
Fat metabolism
- D.
Protein metabolism
- E.
Reticuloendothelial tissue activity
- F.
Storage depot
- G.
Blood reservoir
- H.
Heat production
- I.
Detoxification
- J.
Lymph formation
- K.
Conjucates bilirubin
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