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| What is the functional unit of the liver? |
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| What makes up a portal triad? |
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| hepatic artery, portal vein, bile duct |
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| What is the excretory function of the liver? |
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| Bile formation and excretion into intestine |
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| What is the fuction of Kupffer cells? |
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| immune mechanisms, phagocytosis in detoxification and protective functions |
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| The liver converts carotene to what? |
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| Where is prothrombin synthesized? |
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| in the liver/ parenchymal cells |
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| What two coagulation factors are produced in the liver? |
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| What three vitamins are stored in the liver? |
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| What happens to bilirubin in the liver? |
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| It's converted to bilirubin diglucuronide (conjugated bilirubin) |
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| How is bilirubin excreted? |
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| As urobilin in feces and urobilinogen and bilirubin in urine |
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| Which form of bilirubin is water soluble- conjugated or unconjugated? |
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| What method is used to measure bilirubin (direct and indirect)? |
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| In the Jendrassik-Grof method, what reacts with bilirubin to form a colored compound (azobilirubin)? |
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| diazotized sulfanilic acid |
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| What two primary bile acids are produced from bilirubin in the liver? |
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| cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid |
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| What does jaundice indicate? |
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| Which type of jaundice is characterized by unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia with no bilirubin in urine? |
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| prehepatic/hemolytic jaundice |
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| Obstruction of bile duct would be what kind of jaundice? |
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| What kind of jaundice is caused by gall stones? |
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