The Alimentary Canal: The Liver (Leaving Cert Biology): Flashcards
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Vessel supplying oxygenated blood to liver
Vessel supplying oxygenated blood to liver
Hepatic artery
Vessel supplying nutrient-rich blood to liver
Vessel supplying nutrient-rich blood to liver
Hepatic portal vein
Vessel that blood exits liver through
Vessel that blood exits liver through
Hepatic vein
Product of amino acid deamination
Product of amino acid deamination
Urea
2 products from liver breaking down old red blood cells
2 products from liver breaking down old red blood cells
Haemoglobin and bile pigments
What liver converts & stores glucose as
What liver converts & stores glucose as
Glycogen
Liver produces this to maintain body temperature
Liver produces this to maintain body temperature
Heat
Maintenance of constant internal environment
Maintenance of constant internal environment
Homeostasis
Colour of bile
Colour of bile
Yellow-green
Bile is NOT this type of protein
Bile is NOT this type of protein
Enzyme
Organ where bile is stored
Organ where bile is stored
Gall bladder
Organ bile is released into via bile duct
Organ bile is released into via bile duct
Duodenum
What bile does to fats
What bile does to fats
Emulsifies them (breaks into smaller particles)
Base in bile that neutralises stomach acid
Base in bile that neutralises stomach acid
Sodium hydrogen carbonate
What neutralising chyme prevents in small intestine
What neutralising chyme prevents in small intestine
Ulcers