Keywords Inflammation, Regeneration, Fibrosis, Vascular Remodeling, Regression, Cirrhosis Chapter Contents Development of the liver 2 General features 2 Vascular arrangements 2 Hepatocyte ontogeny 4 Bile duct system 4 Haematopoiesis…
Chapter Contents Iron metabolism and homeostasis 275 Iron absorption and transport 275 Regulation of iron homeostasis 276 Hereditary iron overload 279 Hereditary haemochromatosis 279 Ferroportin disease 285 Hereditary hyperferritinaemia 286…
Chapter Contents Liver biopsy 88 Evolving role 88 Different types 89 Limitations of and requirements for interpretation 91 New competitors and alternatives to liver biopsy 92 Routine handling, fixation and…
Red Blood Cells The great questions of the day are not decided by speeches and majority votes but by blood and iron. Otto von Bismarck, September 30, 1862 Fetal Erythropoiesis…
Jacquelyn McClary Adapted from Thomson Reuters Clinical Editorial Staff: NeoFax , Ann Arbor, Mich, 2011, Thomson Reuters; and Taketomo CK, Hodding JH, Kraus DM: Pediatric dosage handbook, ed 17, Hudson, Ohio,…
Objectives • Identify the secretory products of the stomach, their cells of origin, and their functions. • Understand the mechanisms making it possible for the stomach to secrete 150 mN…
Objectives • Indicate the sources, types, and functions of the primary digestive enzymes. • Explain the transport processes and the pathways involved in the absorption of nutrients. • Describe the…
Objectives • Indicate the sources of fluid and electrolytes in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and their sites of absorption. • Describe the mechanisms involved in and the location of the…
Objectives • Understand the importance of food intake to clinical medicine. • Discuss the role of the nervous system in the regulation of food intake. • Explain the role of…
Select the best answer: 1. If a peptide belonging to the gastrin/cholecystokinin (CCK) family and having a sulfated tyrosyl residue in the seventh position from the C-terminus is desulfated, the…
