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Largest internal organ; produces bile and performs major metabolic functions.

Liver

Main functional cells of the liver.

Hepatocytes

Microscopic functional units of the liver.

Hepatic lobules

Vascular channels inside liver lobules that carry blood past hepatocytes.

Hepatic sinusoids

Liver cells that remove bacteria and debris from blood.

Kupffer cells

Vessel bringing nutrient-rich blood from the digestive organs to the liver.

Hepatic portal vein

Vessel bringing oxygen-rich blood to the liver.

Hepatic artery

Central vessel that collects blood from liver sinusoids.

Central vein

Tiny channels that carry bile away from hepatocytes.

Bile canaliculi

Yellow-green fluid made by the liver.

Bile

Only components of bile that directly help with digestion.

Bile salts

Process where bile salts break large fat globules into tiny droplets.

Emulsification

Organ that stores and concentrates bile between meals.

Gallbladder

Hormone that causes the gallbladder to contract and release bile.

CCK

Bile pigment produced from the breakdown of hemoglobin.

Bilirubin

Process of converting glucose into glycogen for storage.

Glycogenesis

Process of breaking glycogen down into glucose.

Glycogenolysis

Process of making glucose from non-carbohydrate sources.

Gluconeogenesis

Liver process that removes amino groups from amino acids.

Deamination

Toxic waste from protein metabolism that the liver converts into urea.

Ammonia