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Hepatic Lobule: In a Nutshell (Nursing)

by Rhonda Lawes, PhD, RN

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    00:00 So let's wrap up this video series. The liver is made of around 100,000 small hexagonal functional units known as lobules. Each lobule consists of a central vein surrounded by 6 hepatic portal triads, and each triad contains 1 hepatic vein, 1 hepatic artery, and 1 bile duct.

    00:21 Now within each lobule, hepatocytes are arranged in hepatic cords that are separated by the adjacent sinusoids. Sinusoids are low-pressure vascular channels, and they receive blood from the terminal branches of the hepatic artery and the portal vein at the periphery of the lobules. Thank you for watching our video today.


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    The lecture Hepatic Lobule: In a Nutshell (Nursing) by Rhonda Lawes, PhD, RN is from the course Liver Functions and Dysfunctions (Nursing).


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    1. There are over 100,000 lobules in the liver.
    2. A portal triad consists of a hepatic portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile duct.
    3. Each lobule consists of a central vein and six portal triads.
    4. Each lobule has one hepatic triad with six hepatic veins.
    5. Bile is produced by the sinusoids in the center of the lobule.

    Author of lecture Hepatic Lobule: In a Nutshell (Nursing)

     Rhonda Lawes, PhD, RN

    Rhonda Lawes, PhD, RN


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