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____% of liver's blood supply comes from the portal vein (nutrients), and ____ % comes from the hepatic artery (oxygen).
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80 / 20
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What important function of the liver is essential for the kidneys to function?
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Ammonia is converted to urea, which the kidneys then remove to bladder
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What are important proteins that the liver metabolizes? (2) What vitamin is required for the liver to synthesize prothrombin?
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Clotting Factors & Albumin / Vitamin K
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What are the 8 main functions of the liver?
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Glucose, Protein, Fat Metabolism and Ammonia coversion to Urea, Vitamin/Iron storage, Bile Formation, Bilirubin excretion, Drug metabolism
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When the liver breaks down fats for use as energy, what is released into the blood stream?
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Ketones
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Where is cholesterol synthesized?
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Liver
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Name the vitamins/minerals that are stored by the liver (6)
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A, B, D, K, Iron, Copper
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Liver Disease: AST, ALT, GGT, GGTP, LDH will all be high or low? Serum Ammonia? Cholesterol? Prothromibin Time?
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High / High / High (if bile duct related) Low (if liver cell related) / Longer
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Liver Disease: Globulin -Low or high? Bilirubin?
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High / High
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Hepatocellular vs. Obstructive Jaundice: appears mildy-severly ill, lack of appetite, nausea, weight loss, malaise, fatigue, weakness, headache, chills, fever maybe
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Hepatocellular Jaundice
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Type of jaundice caused by viral hepatitis, hepatotoxins (drugs/alcohol), metabolic disorders, ischemia, autoimmune hepatitis, or pregnancy
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Hepatocellular Jaundice
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Type of jaundice caused by gallstones, inflammation of the bile ducts, biliary strictures, malignancies of the biliary system, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, or pancreatitis
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Obstructive Jaundice
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Type of jaundice caused by increased production of bilirubin due to hemolysis, hematologic disorders, resorption of a hematoma, or multiple transfusions
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Hemolytic Jaundice
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Type of jaundice caused by inherited disorders of bilirubin metabolism.
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Hereditary Hyperbilirubinemia
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Hepatocellular vs. Obstructive Jaundice: Dark orange-brown urine and light clay-colored stools Dyspepsia and intolerance of fats, impaired digestion, Pruritis
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Obstructive Jaundice
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