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LIVER
The liver is the largest gland in the body
It weighs 1500 gram (2.5% of body weight)
Except for fat, all nutrients absorbed from the gastrointestinal
tract are initially conveyed first to the liver by the portal venous
system.
In addition to its many metabolic activities, the liver stores
glycogen and secretes bile
Bile passes from the liver via the biliary ducts; right and left
hepatic ducts that join to form the common hepatic duct, which
unites with the cystic duct to form the bile duct
The liver produces bile continuously; however, between meals
it accumulates and is stored in the gallbladder, which also
concentrates the bile by absorbing water and salts
When food arrives in the duodenum, the gallbladder sends
concentrated biliary through the bile ducts to the duodenum
Clinical important
Lobectomy
Segmentectomy
Ruptur of the liver
Hepatomegaly
Cirrhosis of the liver
Gallbladder
The gallbladder (7-10 cm long), lies in the fossa for the
gallbladder on the visceral surface of the liver
This shallow fossa lies at the junction of the right and left
(parts of the) liver
Its natural position the body of the gallbladder lies
anterior to the duodenum, and its neck and the cystic
duct are immediately superior to the duodenum
The pear-shaped gallbladder can hold up to 50 mL of bile
Peritoneum completely surrounds the fundus of the
gallbladder and binds its body and neck to the liver
The hepatic surface of the gallbladder attaches to the
liver by connective tissue of the fibrous capsule of the
liver