Tag: digestion

• The liver is an organ that is present on the right side of the stomach.
• Liver tissue is made up of lots of smaller units of liver cells called lobules. Many canals carrying blood and bile run between the liver cells. 
•  Reticular fibre is a type of fibre in connective tissue. It is composed of type III collagen secreted by reticular cells. Reticular fibres crosslink to form a fine meshwork(reticulin). 
• This network acts as a supporting mesh in soft tissue such as liver, bone marrow and the tissues and organs of the lymphatic system. Hence, the Liver is called the reticular gland because it contains reticular tissue.

In mammals liver has extensive power of regeneration. If a part of liver is surgically removed the cells of the remaining part undergo repeated division until the original volume of this vital organ restored 

A. The ovaries are solid organs and are composed of connective tissue, the stroma. The stroma consists of an outer ovarian cortex and central ovarian medulla.

Glisson's capsule is the characteristic feature of 'mammals'.

The rabbit liver is situated in the epigastric region, between both costal arches, reaching the level of the right 7th and left 9th ribs. Rabit liver is divided into two right and left the region by deep cleft with right and left lobes. These lobes are further divided into the posterior and anterior region. It contains five lobes, as the right hepatic lobe, caudate and quadrate lobes are single, and the left hepatic one is separated in lateral and medial parts. Thus the correct answer is option C.

Heparin is an anticoagulant that prevent blood clotting by the release of specific proteins like tissue plasminogen activator and tissue factor pathway inhibitor, into the blood.

Sinusoids are characterized by a form of terminal blood channel consisting of a large, irregular anastomosing vessel having a lining of reticulo-endothelium and found in the liver, heart, spleen, pancreas, and the adrenal, parathyroid, carotid, and hemolymph glands.

Gastrin is a peptide hormone, that stimulates secretion of gastric acid ($HCl$) by the parietal cells of the stomach and aids in gastric motility. It is released by G cells in the pyloric antrum of the stomach, duodenum and the pancreas.