Hepatic lobule
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A hepatic lobule is a small division of the liver defined at the histological scale. It should not be confused with the anatomic lobes of the liver (caudate lobe, quadrate lobe, left lobe, and right lobe), or any of the functional lobe classification systems.
Dividing liver tissue into lobules can be confusing, because the lobes are defined in different ways depending upon the function one is analyzing:
| Name | Shape | Function |
| "classic lobule"[1][2] | hexagonal | endocrine |
| "portal lobule"[3] | triangular | bile |
| "acinus"[4][5] | diamond shaped | blood/disease |
Sometimes the term "hepatic lobule" only refers to the "classic lobule".
[edit] References
- ^ Dorlands/Elsevier l_13/12500877
- ^ Histology at OU 88_03
- ^ Histology at OU 88_09a
- ^ Dorlands/Elsevier a_09/12107062
- ^ Histology at OU 88_09b
[edit] External links
- Histology at BU 15401loa
- Histology at siumed.edu
- Histology at okstate.edu
- Histology at webmd.idv.tw. Not labeled in English, but overlapping shapes are clearly visible
- UIUC Histology Subject 923
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