PATHOLOGY

PATHOLOGY MCQ

LIVER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the connective tissue that separates liver lobules from each other called?
A
septum
B
sepsis
C
canal
D
separator
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The falciform ligament (which divides the liver into a larger anatomical right lobe and a smaller anatomical left lobe) has 2 layers of peritoneum; it attaches the anterosuperior surface of liver to the anterior abdominal wall and diaphragm.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reason: Each lobule of the liver is covered by a thin connective tissue sheath called the Glisson’s capsule. The bile is secreted by hepatic cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -Occupying the bulk of the lobule are hepatocytes arranged into cords. separated by sinusoids. Lobules appear quite clearly in pig liver, which has an envelope of fibrous connective tissue around each lobule.

Detailed explanation-4: -The normal liver contains typical connective tissue proteins (collagens, structural glycoproteins and proteoglycans) not only in vessel walls, perivascular areas and in the capsule, but they occur also in small amounts in the parenchyma, mainly in the space of Disse along the sinusoidal walls.

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