Liver
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Digestive
- Gastrin
- Pepsin
- Amylase
- Lipase
- Trypsin
- CCK
- Secretin
- GI System
- Ingestion
- Liver
- Bile
- Exocrine Pancreas
- Endocrine Pancreas
- Small Intestine
- Large Intestine
- GI Nervous Control
- Liver
- First pass of blood from intestines
- Hepatic portal system moves nutrient and oxygen-rich blood absorbed from capillaries surrounding the small intestine/stomach/spleen/pancreas to the liver
- Each hepatocyte, or single liver cell, contains a central vein carrying blood back to the heart
- Hepatic portal system moves nutrient and oxygen-rich blood absorbed from capillaries surrounding the small intestine/stomach/spleen/pancreas to the liver
- Detoxification of blood
- Deaminates and synthesizes amino acids, forms urea to eliminate ammonia
- Maintains blood glucose levels through metabolic functions (homeostasis)
- Gluconeogenesis, Glycogenesis/Glycogenolysis, and release of glucose stores
- Mobilizes fat and cholesterol for energy
- Stores and manages minerals and vitamins
- Produces bile
- Released into duodenum or stored in the gallbladder
- First pass of blood from intestines