The functional unit

Question 1

What is the functional unit the liver is composed of?

Answer 1

called hepatic lobules.

Question 2

What does central vein serves as?

Answer 2

hub and group of vessels, known collectively as the Portal Triad (PT), distributed around the rim

Question 3

What does each Portal Triad contain branches of?

Answer 3

hepatic artery, a hepatic portal vein and a bile duct.

Question 4

What does the blood vessels of each PT branch into?

Answer 4

channels called sinusoids

Question 5

What are Liver cells called hepatocytes are arranged in?

Answer 5

rows between the sinusoids