Kinesiology 3222A/B Lecture 15: accessory organs

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Longitudinal through body generating left and right halves. Processes nutrients, secretes bile: hepatic portal system. Hepatic artery, hepatic vein, common bile duct --> porta hepatis. Common bile duct: delivering bile to the duodenum. Hepatic portal vein: delivering nutrients from the gi tract to the liver for processing and storage o. Bringing oxygenated blood to supply the liver (branch of celiac trunk) Union of superior mesenteric vein and splenic vein = hepatic portal vein. Specialized to pick up nutrients from stomach/intestine. Deliver to liver for processing and storage. Functional units - liver lobules: hexagonal shape structure, hepatic portal vein and hepatic artery at periphery o. Expanded capillary space, where artery and portal vein dump blood into. Liver macrophages (immune cells - ingest cellular debris, foreign. Maintain normal blood glucose levels - store glucose as glycogen. Located inferior to liver and associated with the quadrate lobe. Extends beyond liver, can come into contact with abdominal wall.

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