liver

• liver is the largest internal organ of the body
• liver consists of two major lobes, the right lobe and left lobe
• liver consist of Two minor lobes, the caudate lobe and the quadrate lobe
• porta (gate) is on the inferior surface of the liver
• Blood flows into the liver via the hepatic portal vein and the hepatic artery
• The right and left hepatic ducts unite to form a single common hepatic duct
• cystic duct from the gallbladder joins the common hepatic duct to form the common bile duct
• hepatopancreatic ampulla, an enlargement where the hepatic and pancreatic ducts come together
• bare area, a small area on the diaphragmatic surface that lacks a visceral peritoneum
• Liver is divided into hexagon-shaped hepatic lobules by connective tissue septa with a portal triad at each corner
• central vein is in the center of each lobule
• Central veins of the lobules unite to form hepatic veins
• Hepatic cords are strings of cells that radiate out from the central vein of each lobule like the spokes of a wheel
• hepatocytes, the functional cells of the liver
• paces between the hepatic cords are blood channels called hepatic sinusoids
• extremely thin, sparse endothelial cells
• hepatic phagocytic cells called Kupffer cells
• cleftlike lumen, the bile canaliculus little canal
• Bile produced by the hepatocytes flows through the bile canaliculi toward the hepatic triad and exits the liver
• Bile salts emulsify lipids