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Hepatocyte
- Above the
stomach but under
the diaphragm.
- It located near
other digestive
organs to help
digestion by
produce bile
Imagine this is part of the liver, can
you find hepatocyte?
Before we get into this cell deeply, we will introduce overall
cell in liver first
Cell in liver
This close arrange flat
They do main function
circle or group of
of liver.
hepatocyte called Liver
cell cord Most of liver made
of them.
It separates
from hepatocyte
by space of
disse.
It allows lymph
go through which
This is space
bring material
of disse.
when hepatocyte
need.
This is Kupffer
cell.
It located on sinusoid
Its function is protect liver
and endothelial cell.
from bacteria or other foreign
protein in blood.
Function of Liver Cell (Hepatocytes)
Production of Bile
Storing iron
into H2 and O2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O71niTozP-o
Overall organelle
in animal cell
Nucleus : Nucleolus :
command center make ribosome
of all cell
Cell
Cytoplasm : membrane :
Jelly-like store separate
organelle outside and
inside cell
o Ribosome : store protein and go to
RER or make protein in cytoplasm
S
Granular reticulum or Rough
Endoplasmic Reticulum (RER) E
change protein to lipids.
R
make protein to help in
coagulation process.
in
Hepatocytes
Disease in liver
Liver failure
seperate into 2 type
Acute
(Happen rapidly and hard to treat in initially )
Chronic
( Liver will fail in long time about months or
year )
Cause Effect 2) After a progress
- Jaundice
- Bleeding easily
1) Early symptom - Swollen abdomen
- Hepatitis B&C
- Dizziness & Vomit (big tummy)
(also cause for acute)
- Lack of energy and
- Drinking alcohol for long - Confusion
motivation
time - Sleepiness
- Dont want to eat anything
- Cirrhosis - Coma
- Diarrhea(Intense of waste
- Hemochromatosis
in stomach)
(It leads body to store too
much salt)
- Malnutrition
Treatment
The patient should go to hospital since they know that they had liver failure. If not and it beyond to able
to treat, they need to do liver transplant.
Reference
Brier, D. (2012, September 20). Liver: Cell Types Found in Liver Simplified. Retrieved from
http://www.dbriers.com/tutorials/2012/09/liver-cell-types-found-in-liver-simplified/
Wedro, B. (1996). Liver disease. Retrieved January 24, 2017, from http://www.medicinenet.com/liver_disease/article.htm