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LIVER FUNCTION TEST part 2

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What is the other name for Jaundice?

Back (Answer)

Icterus

#2
Front (Question)

What causes the yellow discoloration of the plasma, skin, sclerae & mucous membranes?

Back (Answer)

Bilirubin accumulation

#3
Front (Question)

It may be the first and often the only manifestation of liver disease.

Back (Answer)

Jaundice

#4
Front (Question)

Jaundice is clinically apparent when serum total Bilirubin reaches ____________.

Back (Answer)

2-3 mg/dL

#5
Front (Question)

What are the other signs of disturbances in Bilirubin metabolism?

Back (Answer)

Dark urine Acholic stool

#6
Front (Question)

a deposition of bilirubin in the brain

Back (Answer)

Kernicterus

#7
Front (Question)

occurs when scar tissues are replaces a healthy normal liver tissues

Back (Answer)

Cirrhosis

#8
Front (Question)

What is the pressure for Portal Hypertension?

Back (Answer)

> 20mmHg

#9
Front (Question)

influx from the abdominal portion of the digestive tract, pancreas & spleen

Back (Answer)

Portal Vein

#10
Front (Question)

What is the pressure for Portal vein?

Back (Answer)

-5-10 mmHg

#11
Front (Question)

accumulation of fluid within the peritoneal cavity

Back (Answer)

Ascites

#12
Front (Question)

In hepatic dysfunction __________ undergo limited or aberrant transformation, accumulate & exert unwanted effects

Back (Answer)

Drugs

#13
Front (Question)

drugs undergo limited or aberrant transformation, accumulate & exert unwanted effects

Back (Answer)

ALTERED DRUG METABOLISM

#14
Front (Question)

This increased estrogen effect, this happens among men.

Back (Answer)

Feminization

#15
Front (Question)

Hormone Imbalance

Back (Answer)

ENDOCRINE ABNORMALITIES

#16
Front (Question)

alterations in glucose metabolism due to _________________.

Back (Answer)

Insulin resistance

#17
Front (Question)

the liver efficiently sequesters dimeric Ig A & secretes it into the bile.

Back (Answer)

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ABNORMALITIES

#18
Front (Question)

defects in uptake —> increase serum IgA

Back (Answer)

Liver disease

#19
Front (Question)

alteration in hemostasis and a generalized hemorrhagic tendency

Back (Answer)

DISORDERED HEMOSTASIS

#20
Front (Question)

when RBC are destroyed, hemoglobin is released

Back (Answer)

Hepatic Excretory Function

#21
Front (Question)

What transported the the hemoglobin in the plasma?

Back (Answer)

Haptoglobin

#22
Front (Question)

in cases of severe RBC destruction, ___________in plasma increases which then causes the __________ of the available ________

Back (Answer)

hemoglobin utilization haptoglobin

#23
Front (Question)

What happens to the level of Haptoglobin during the increase of RBC destruction?

Back (Answer)

Decreases

#24
Front (Question)

when hemoglobin can no longer be transported by haptoglobin, the hemoglobin molecules are then broken down into _____________

Back (Answer)

“heme” and “globin”