Liver

Question 1

What is the largest gland in the body?

Answer 1

Liver

Question 2

How heavy is the liver

Answer 2

1500 g or ~ 3 lbs.

Question 3

Dimensions of the Liver

Answer 3

8” wide x 6.5” height x 4.5” deep

Question 4

% of liver function needed for survival

Answer 4

10-20%

Question 5

How many functions of the liver

Answer 5

over 500 functions

Question 6

How many lobes in liver

Answer 6

4

Question 7

Raw material for certain hormones and a building block for cell walls

Answer 7

Cholesterol

Question 8

2 surfaces of the liver

Answer 8

diaphragmatic, visceral

Question 9

aka liver cells

Answer 9

hepatocytes

Question 10

little channels in the liver

Answer 10

canaliculi

Question 11

liver organelle for storing sugar and regulation of blood glucose

Answer 11

glycosome

Question 12

liver organelle that detoxifies blood-borne poisons

Answer 12

smooth ER

Question 13

liver organelle that detoxifies other poisons like alcohol

Answer 13

peroxisomes

Question 14

liver organelle that helps produce bile salts

Answer 14

smooth ER

Question 15

liver organelle that is main energy source in hepatocytes

Answer 15

mitochondria

Question 16

liver organelle that manufactures blood proteins

Answer 16

rough ER

Question 17

location of liver in relation to diaphragm

Answer 17

Inferior to diaphragm in RUQ and epigastric area protected by ribs

Question 18

mesentary binding liver to anterior abdominal wall

Answer 18

Falciform ligament

Question 19

name the liver diseases discussed

Answer 19

Hepatitis (acute, viral, fulminant, chronic) alcoholic liver disease, alcoholic hepatitis, cirrhosis non-alcoholic hepatitis steatosis cholestatic liver disease (primary biliary cirrhosis, cholangitis) inherited disorders

Question 20

organelles of the liver

Answer 20

rough ER, smooth ER, peroxisomes, golgi apparatus, mitochondria, glycosome

Question 21

part not covered by peritoneum

Answer 21

bare area fused to diaphragm

Question 22

regeneration of liver is through?

Answer 22

liver stem cells

Question 23

serous membrane that lines the abdominal cavity; covers the liver

Answer 23

peritoneum

Question 24

similar features with acute hepatitis but depicts more severe liver damage leads to a serious clinical state

Answer 24

acute liver failure

Question 25

stagnation or marked reduction of bile secretion and flow

Answer 25

cholestasis

Question 26

T or F: most iron in the body is stored in the liver

Answer 26

True

Question 27

two known lobes of liver

Answer 27

R and L lobes

Question 28

What are the conditions that come along with acute liver disease?

Answer 28

altered behavior consciousness (encephalopathy), small liver (hepatic atrophy), brain edema

Question 29

What does the liver produce?

Answer 29

protein, glycogen, bile, cholesterol

Question 30

what does the liver release as waste?

Answer 30

ammonia, bilirubin, bacteria, drugs and alcohol

Question 31

what does the liver store?

Answer 31

glycogen, iron, fat-soluble vitamins

Question 32

what has been discussed to pose a high risk of death without liver transplantation?

Answer 32

acute liver failure

Question 33

what hormone from the pancreas triggers the release of glycogen

Answer 33

glucagon

Question 34

What is the function of glycogen?

Answer 34

storage form of glucose

Question 35

what is the process called wherein the liver converts glycogen back to glucose?

Answer 35

glycogenolysis

Question 36

when is glycogen released by liver?

Answer 36

when blood glucose levels fall too low

Question 37

where is bile secreted into

Answer 37

canaliculi

Question 38

why does the liver produce the liver produce bile?

Answer 38

helps digest fats

Question 39

why is protein produced by the liver?

Answer 39

for the bloodstream (albumin)