Exam 3: Hepatic, Pancreatic, Biliary

Question 1

Number of blood supplies for the liver

Answer 1

2

Question 2

The liver has more than ___ separate functions

Answer 2

500

Question 3

Most important functions of the liver

Answer 3

• regulates blood composition
• removes bilirubin and other toxins from blood
• process most nutrients absorbed during digestion and converts to usable forms
• nutrient storage
• makes cholesterol, Vit A

Question 4

What is bilirubin?

Answer 4

byproduct of the breakdown of RBCs

Question 5

What types of nutrients are stored by the liver?

Answer 5

• vitamin A
• iron
• other minerals

Question 6

What do vitamin A and cholesterol help with?

Answer 6

blood clotting

Question 7

What is albumin?

Answer 7

carrier protein in blood

Question 8

The liver is the sole source of

Answer 8

• albumin

- other plasma proteins

Question 9

liver and first pass

Answer 9

filters all blood from GI tract and catches

• drugs
• chemicals
• toxins
• bile acids

Question 10

What is bile?

Answer 10

• greenish brown fluid

- made from cholesterol in liver, stored in gallbladder

Question 11

What does bile do?

Answer 11

breaks down fats into fatty acids in the GI tract

Question 12

What does the gallbladder do?

Answer 12

produce, transport, and store bile

Question 13

pancreas functions

Answer 13

both endocrine and exocrine functions

Question 14

exocrine pancreas functions

Answer 14

• exocrine cells produce digestive enzymes

- enzymes released into progressively larger ducts that joint together to form the main pancreatic duct

Question 15

main pancreatic duct

Answer 15

• runs length of pancreas

- drains fluid produced by exocrine cells into the duodenum

Question 16

duodenum =

Answer 16

first part of the small bowel