LIVER

LIVER

1. FAT METABOLISM

2. ANATOMY

   • located in the upper right-hand portion of the abdominal cavity, beneath the diaphragm, and on top of the stomach, right kidney, and intestines
   • diaphragmatic surface: right lateral, superior and anterior
   • visceral surface: inferior and posterior

3. FUNCTIONS:

4. pathology

   • FATTY LIVER DISEASE
     • STAGES: healthy liver -> steatosis -> steatohepatitis -> cirrhosis (endstage liver disease)

5. LIVER METASTASIS

   • common due to the portal vein drainage of most organs in the abdomen, allowing easy spread for tumors

6. OBESITY

   • HYPOTHALAMIC CONTROL OF FOOD INTAKE
   • ANTI-OBESITY DRUGS
     • Orlistat
     • Contrave
     • Lorcaserin
     • Qsymia
     • Liraglutide
   • BMI CLASSIFICATIONS
     • having a BMI of 30.0 or higher
   • EPIDEMIOLOGY (2016)

7. HISTOLOGY

   • The liver is a mixed gland surrounded by a thin capsule of connective tissue, the Glisson capsule, dividing the parenchyma into lobules and lobuli. The histological unity of the liver is composed of the liver lobuli, with classic, portal and acini conceptions.

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