Anatomy Digestive 2

Liver

bodies biggest internal organ in the body

falciform ligament

Structure that separates right and left lobes of liver

Hepatocyte

liver cell

Bile

A substance produced by the liver that breaks up fat particles.

Common bile duct

carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum

Gallbladder

stores bile

Pancreas

Regulates the level of sugar in the blood

Pancreatic duct

conducts pancreatic juice from the pancreas to the small intestine

Glucagon

A protein hormone secreted by pancreatic endocrine cells that raises blood glucose levels; an antagonistic hormone to insulin.

Insulin

allows the uptake of sugar in the body