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Bio202 - Ch 23 - Liver and Gallbladder - Marieb/Hoehn - Rio Salado - AZ

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Digestive function of liver   Produces bile (fat emulsifier)  
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4 lobes of the liver   right,left,quadrate,caudate  
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gallbaldder   stores and concentrates bile salts  
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bile   alkaline: yellow-green fluid containing bile salts, pigments, cholesterol, phospolipids, triglycerides & phospholipids - emulsifies fats & aids in digestion  
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Digestive function of liver   Produces bile (fat emulsifier)  
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What in bile aids digestion?   Bile salts & phospholipids  
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Bile salts do what?   Emulsify fats & facilitate absorption  
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Enterohepatic circulation   Recycling mechanism for bile salts  
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The __ is a remnant of fetal umbilicle vein on liver.   ligamentum teres (round ligament)  
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Where does bile leave liver?   Common hepatic duct  
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Where does bile leave gallbladder?   Cystic duct  
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The common hepatic duct & cystic duct fused to form __.   the bile duct  
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Functional units of liver are?   Liver lobules - plates of hepatocytes (liver cells)  
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Blood percolates from __ regions of liver through the sinusoids & empties into __.   portal triads - central vein  
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Kupffer cells   Hepatic macrophages that remove debris, bacteria, & old RBCs from blood.  
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The hepatocytes of liver produce __ & do what?   bile - store glucose as glycogen & fat soluble vitamins & detoxify body  
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Hep B is spread how?   IV, sex, etc.  
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Hep A is spread how?   Sewage - contamination & feces - common in restaurants  
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Roll of gallbladder   Stores concentrated bile from liver & releases when needed through its cystic duct.  
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The major stimulus for gallbladder contraction is __.   cholecystokinin (CCK) - intestinal hormone released when acidic, fatty chyme enters duodenum.  
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CCK stimulates?   Gallbladder to contract, pancreatic juice secretion, & relaxes hepatopancreatic sphincter.  
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gallstones   Biliar calculi - obstruct flow of bile - sharp crystals due to too much cholesterol or too few bile salts.  
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