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What type of gallstones is most common and due to excess cholesterol?
What type of gallstones is most common and due to excess cholesterol?
- Pigment gallstones
- Mixed gallstones
- Cholesterol gallstones (correct)
- Calcium gallstones
Which condition involves a blockage of the common bile duct?
Which condition involves a blockage of the common bile duct?
- Choledocholithiasis (correct)
- Gallstone pancreatitis
- Cholecystitis
- Ascending cholangitis
What is responsible for the color of normal bile?
What is responsible for the color of normal bile?
- Urobilinogen
- Conjugated bilirubin
- Glucuronides of bilirubin and biliverdin (correct)
- Cholesterol
What process converts conjugated bilirubin to urobilinogen in the intestines?
What process converts conjugated bilirubin to urobilinogen in the intestines?
In jaundice due to hepatocellular damage, which type of bilirubin increases in plasma?
In jaundice due to hepatocellular damage, which type of bilirubin increases in plasma?
What causes hyperbilirubinemia due to rapid release of unconjugated bilirubin into blood?
What causes hyperbilirubinemia due to rapid release of unconjugated bilirubin into blood?
Where is Morison's Pouch located?
Where is Morison's Pouch located?
What percentage of total cardiac output does the liver receive?
What percentage of total cardiac output does the liver receive?
Which vessel supplies 75% of the blood to the liver?
Which vessel supplies 75% of the blood to the liver?
What triggers the Hepatic Arterial Buffer Response?
What triggers the Hepatic Arterial Buffer Response?
Which substance is NOT typically found in the Hepatic portal vein?
Which substance is NOT typically found in the Hepatic portal vein?
What is the main function of Morison's Pouch?
What is the main function of Morison's Pouch?
Which internal organ is the largest?
Which internal organ is the largest?
What is the primary function of hepatocytes in the liver?
What is the primary function of hepatocytes in the liver?
In adults, the liver can regenerate up to what percentage of its original size?
In adults, the liver can regenerate up to what percentage of its original size?
Which lobe of the liver is located in the right upper quadrant?
Which lobe of the liver is located in the right upper quadrant?
What structures protect the liver according to the text?
What structures protect the liver according to the text?
Which lobe of the liver is described as posterior/superior?
Which lobe of the liver is described as posterior/superior?
Which substance is heme from hemoglobin converted to before being eliminated from the body?
Which substance is heme from hemoglobin converted to before being eliminated from the body?
In an experiment using hepatocytes, hepatocyte viability is best documented by an increase in which function of these cells in vitro?
In an experiment using hepatocytes, hepatocyte viability is best documented by an increase in which function of these cells in vitro?
A 34-year-old man with sickle cell disease is admitted with gallstones. What is the most likely composition of his gallstones?
A 34-year-old man with sickle cell disease is admitted with gallstones. What is the most likely composition of his gallstones?
Which of the following cell types protects against sepsis secondary to translocation of intestinal bacteria?
Which of the following cell types protects against sepsis secondary to translocation of intestinal bacteria?
What is the most likely reason for a 60-year-old man's progressive increase in girth despite attempts to diet?
What is the most likely reason for a 60-year-old man's progressive increase in girth despite attempts to diet?
The ammonia released during deamination of amino acids is removed from the blood almost entirely by the conversion into which substance?
The ammonia released during deamination of amino acids is removed from the blood almost entirely by the conversion into which substance?
What is the hepatic arterial buffer response?
What is the hepatic arterial buffer response?
What is the significance of hepatic acinus zones in liver function?
What is the significance of hepatic acinus zones in liver function?
What is the primary role of the bile acid pool in the liver?
What is the primary role of the bile acid pool in the liver?
How does portal hypertension affect liver function?
How does portal hypertension affect liver function?
What are the metabolic consequences of cirrhosis?
What are the metabolic consequences of cirrhosis?
How does hepatic encephalopathy relate to ammonia homeostasis?
How does hepatic encephalopathy relate to ammonia homeostasis?
