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Liver histology

This model shows the histology of the liver. Try to identify the structures (large typed numbers, not label maker numbers) that you looked at in the histology section of the lab. Note that the Bile duct will eventurally drain into the common bile duct, the central vein will drain into the hepatic vein, and the hepatic portal venule came from the hepatic portal vain.

Word Bank

  • Bile Canaliculus
  • Bile Duct (branch)
  • Central Vein
  • Hepatic Arteriole
  • Hepatic Portal Venule
  • Hepatocyte (Liver Cell)
  • Kupffer Cell (Macrophage)
  • Lobule of Liver
  • Portal Hepatis
  • Sinusoid
Lobule of Liver Central Vein Portal Hepatis Bile Duct (branch) Hepatic Portal Venule Kupffer Cell (Macrophage) Hepatic Arteriole Hepatocyte (Liver Cell) Bile Canaliculus Sinusoid Major Duodenal Papilla Duodenal Jejunal Flexure Pancreas Jejunum Common Bile Duct