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Liver Functions and Characteristics
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Liver Functions and Characteristics

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What is the structural unit/building block of the liver?

  • Acinus
  • Sinusoid
  • Liver lobule (correct)
  • Hepatocyte
  • Which cell type is responsible for producing bile in the liver?

  • Kupffer cells
  • Macrophages
  • Hepatocyte (correct)
  • Nerve cells
  • What is the only organ with three major blood supplies?

  • Liver (correct)
  • Lung
  • Pancreas
  • Kidney
  • What are the blood spaces that radiate from the centre to the edges of the liver lobule called?

    <p>Sinusoids</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the functional unit of the liver?

    <p>Acinus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cell type is closely packed together in the liver and has microvilli on their surface?

    <p>Hepatocyte</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main function of the liver?

    <p>Maintains a constant blood composition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cell type is present in the liver and has a prominent nucleus, golgi apparatus, and many mitochondria?

    <p>Hepatocytes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the diameter of a liver lobule, the structural unit/building block of the liver?

    <p>1mm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of cells are found in the liver and are responsible for carrying bile to the branches of the bile duct?

    <p>Bile canaliculi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the blood spaces that radiate from the centre to the edges of the liver lobule called?

    <p>Sinusoids</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of cells in the liver have microvilli on their surface where they come in contact with sinusoidal endothelial cells?

    <p>Hepatocytes</p> Signup and view all the answers

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