NURS 4433 Chapter Notes - Chapter 49: Mononuclear Phagocyte System, Fatty Liver, Blood Sugar
Document Summary
Med surg chapter 49: assessment and management of patients. Assessment of the liver: anatomic and physiologic overview involved in metabolism. A chemical factory that manufactures, stores, alters, and excretes a large number of. Major role in the metabolism of glucose and the regulation of blood glucose concentration. Glucose is taken up from the portal venous blood by the liver. Glycogen is converted back to glucose and released into the blood stream as. Ammonia is a by product of glucose metabolism. Liver converts this metabolically generated ammonia into urea. Synthesizes almost all of the plasma proteins. Fatty acids can be broken down for the production of energy and ketone bodies. Bile is continuously formed by the hepatocytes and collected in the canaliculi and duct. A pigment derived from the breakdown of hemoglobin by cells of the reticuloendothelial system. Metabolism generally causes drug inactivity to occur. Metabolism may cause activation of a drug to occur.
