HLTH 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Alcoholic Liver Disease, Bile Acid
13 Nov 2018
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Human diseases - hlth 335 - exam 3 notes. Chapter 9 - diseases of gastrointestinal (gi) tract. = an aqueous secretion of liver containing bile salts, cholesterol and other. When rbc break down, iron reused and bilirubin is excreted in bile. Small quantities of bile are continually present in blood. When blood passes through liver, bilirubin removed by conjugation or by combining bilirubin with glucuronic acid. During digestions, gallbladder contracts, releasing bile into duodenum. Bile does not contain digestive enzymes, but acts as a biologic detergent. Digestions of fat = must less efficient in absence of bile. Small, regular doses of bile are released from liver and works toward fat digestion. Degree of manifestations is variable and correlates with degree of liver. Viral hepatitis (hep a, b, c, d, e) Prognosis depends on which hep virus is contracted. Table 21-1: comparison of three major types of viral hepatitis .
