ANATOMY OF LIVER
The Liver Largest gland in the body (1.5 Kg) Under the diaphragm, within the rib cage in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen
The Liver 4 Lobes Major: left and right Minor: caudate and quadrate Ducts Common hepatic Cystic From gallbladder Common bile - Choledochus Joins pancreatic duct at hepatopancreatic ampulla
liver Liver lobules – hexagonal structures consisting of hepatocytes Hepatocytes radiate outward from a central vein Hepatocytes produce bile Bile flows through canals called bile canaliculi to a bile duct Bile ducts leave the liver via the common hepatic duct At each of the six corners of a lobule is a portal triad Liver sinusoids
BLOOD SUPPLY
Liver
Functions of Liver Metabolic Synthesis Breakdown Other functions – storage of vitamin A,D,B 12,F… Excretion of waste products from bloodstream into bile Vascular – storage of blood
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