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| large organ located retroperitoneally behind the stomcah. has both major endocrine and exocrine function |
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| subcapsular loose connective tissue with incomplete septa. incomplete separation of lobules |
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| compound tubuloacinar gland with acini composed entirely of serous cells. cytoplasm very basophilic, extrememly high rate of protein synthesis, secrete bulk of digestive enzymes. |
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| pale staining. secrete sodium bicarb solution |
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| endocrine portion of pancreas. 1 gram. arranged as clumps of anastamsing cords of polygonal cells with a rich investment of fenestrated capillaries. autonomic fibers. |
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| release small amounts of somatostatin |
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| major metabolic organ. carb, lipid, protein metabolism. drug detox. form blood albumins and clotting factors. vitamin and mineral storage. remove senescent RBCs. bile production |
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| polyhedral cells with spherical, centrally located nuclei. arranged in cords. eosinophilic cytoplasm due to SER. basophilic bodies due to RER. glycogen granules visible with PAS staining. one surface in contact with sinusoid and another in contact with bile canaliculus |
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| collects blood that perfuses sinusoids |
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| arranged radially around central vein. run between cords of hepatocytes. |
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| discontinuous lining sinusoids |
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| macrophages. phagocytize particulate matter and RBCs. |
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| store vitamin A and production of extracellular matrix and collagen. not distinguishable with light microscopy. |
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| hepatic arteriole, portal venule, bile ductule. in corners of lobule. |
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| carries nutrient rich blood from small intestine |
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| formed via collaborated grooves in surfaces of adjascent hepatocytes. edges sealed by tight junctions. drain into bile ductule |
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| elongated tapering organ suspended from the inferior surface of the liver. stores bile. |
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| lined with simple columnar epithelium. contains microvilli but not packed densely enough to always show a striated border. actively pump sodium into intracellular space, which osmotically draws in water from lumen thereby concentrating bile. not the typical layering of GI |
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| Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses |
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| false appearance of glands produced by the highly folded nature of the gallbladder |
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| gallbladder muscularis externa |
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| thin sheets of smooth muscle oriented in an oblique spiral patter to propel bile out |
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