ABSTRACT
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 81 Anatomy ........................................................................................................................................... 81 Vascular Supply ............................................................................................................................... 82 Biliary System .................................................................................................................................. 82 Hepatic Lobule ................................................................................................................................. 82 Cell Functions as They Relate to Nutrition ...................................................................................... 83
Hepatocyte ................................................................................................................................... 83 Sinusoidal Endothelial Cell ......................................................................................................... 83 Kupffer Cells ............................................................................................................................... 83 Stellate Cell ................................................................................................................................. 83
Metabolic Functions of the Liver .....................................................................................................84 Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism ..........................................................................................84 Carbohydrate Metabolism ...........................................................................................................85
