BIOL 003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Malabsorption, Neoplasm, Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Refers to a group of structural and functional changes in the liver resulting from excessive alcohol consumption. Severity depends on amount of duration of alcohol consumption. 2. alcohoic hepatitis: causes degenerative changes and necrosis of liver cells. 3. alcoholic cirrhosis: most advanced, diffuse scarring, disturbed liver function. Irreversible inflammatory disease that disrupts liver function and structure. Characterized by steatosis, which can lead to steatohepatitis. Deterioration of brain function characterized by impaired consciousness, confusion, disorientation and eventually coma. From accumulation of toxic substances in the blood that are normally detoxified and excreted by the liver. Toxic products include ammonia from deamination of amino acids and bacterial decomposition products of colonic fecal material. Conditions that reduce hepatic blood flow or liver cell functions. Most liver neoplasm has mediatized to liver form somewhere else (colon, lung breast) Exocrine pancreas excretes digestive juice into the intestine. Influences carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolism on liver cells, muscle, and adipose tissues.
