Question | Answer |
What type of cells are responsible for the metabolic functions of the liver? | Hepatocytes |
Name the 3 ligaments of the liver. | Falciform ligament, Ligamentum teres, & Ligamentum venosum |
Name the 4 different lobes of the liver. | Right, Left, Caudate, Quadrate |
The IVC borders which side of the Caudate lobe? | Right side or lateral border |
Are the portal veins intralobar or interlobar? | intralobar |
What are the 2 segments of the right lobe? | anterior & posterior |
What are the 2 segments of the left lobe? | medial & lateral |
Name the 4 components of hepatic physiology. | Metabolism, digestion, storage, and detoxification |
With which hepatic disease are the hepatocytes the problem? | Hepatocellular disease |
Obstructive disease results when what is blocked? | bile excretion |
What may leak into the bloodstream when liver cells are damaged or destroyed? | hepatic enzymes |
The liver maintains a steady state of what in the bloodstream? | glucose |
What is converted to urea by the liver? | ammonium |
A transport media for some molecules in the bloodstream? | albumen |
The liver converts fats to what? | lipoproteins |
Type of blood test that is low with liver disease. | BUN (blood urea nitrogen) |
What is the breakdown product of hemoglobin? | bilirubin |
Indirect bilirubin rises with an increaes of what? | RBC destruction such as medical jaundice |
Direct bilirubin can be related to what? | heptaocellular disease or biliary obstruction |
When cells die this enzyme is released into the blood stream. | AST |
This enzyme is more specific for evaluating the liver function. | ALT |
This is produced by liver, bone, intestines, and placenta | ALP |
This is part of clotting mechanism | PT |