the liver

• metabolic processes of liver:

  • detoxification, synthesis of protein, storage of essential nutrients
• medical imaging techniques used for visualization of the liver:

  • magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography
• the liver is characterized by its ___, consisting of hexagonal structure knows as _.

  • unique lobular structure , lobules
• each lobule is composed of _ arranged _ around a __.

  • hepatocyte , radially , central vein
• weight of liver

  • 1.5 kilogram
• liver is located at

  -right upper quadrant of the abdominal cavity
• cell types in the liver:

  • hepatocytes, kupffer cells
• predominant cell type, responsible for the majority of the liver's metabolic function.

  • hepatocyte
• play a pivotal role in immune defense within a liver

  • kuppfer cells
• Kupffer cell is part of what system?

  • reticuloendothelial system
• forms a barrier that selectively permits the passage of substance between the blood and hepatocytes.

  • hepatic epithelial lining aka sinusoidal endothelium
• hormones produce by the liver's endocrine function:

  • insuline-like growth factor (IGF-1), angiotensinogen