1. ANATOMY OF LIVER

2. The Liver Largest gland in the body (1.5 Kg) Under the diaphragm, within the rib cage in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen

3. The Liver 4 Lobes Major: left and right Minor: caudate and quadrate Ducts Common hepatic Cystic From gallbladder Common bile - Choledochus Joins pancreatic duct at hepatopancreatic ampulla

4. liver Liver lobules – hexagonal structures consisting of hepatocytes Hepatocytes radiate outward from a central vein Hepatocytes produce bile Bile flows through canals called bile canaliculi to a bile duct Bile ducts leave the liver via the common hepatic duct At each of the six corners of a lobule is a portal triad Liver sinusoids

7. BLOOD SUPPLY

8. Liver

9. Functions of Liver Metabolic Synthesis Breakdown Other functions – storage of vitamin A,D,B 12,F… Excretion of waste products from bloodstream into bile Vascular – storage of blood

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