Health Knowledge, Vol. 2: A Thorough and Concise Knowledge of the Prevention, Causes, and Treatments of Disease, Simplified for Home Use, Thirty-Four Departments Including Prenatal Care and the Care o - Hardcover

J. L. Corish

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265658667 ISBN 13: 9780265658666

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Health Knowledge<br/><br/>A lobule has the following structure. From the small vessels lying round its margin, capillaries are given ofi, which run in toward the center of the lobule, where they empty into a small central vein. These central veins from neighboring lobules col lect together, and ultimately the blood passes into the hepatic veins, and so leaves the liver. Between the capillaries, which radiate from the central vein to the edge of the lobule, lie rows of large liver-cells, these forming the distinctive tissue of the organ, upon which its activity depends. Between the rows of cells also lie fine bile capillaries, which collect the bile produced by the cells and discharge it into the bile-ducts lying along the margins of the lobules. The liver-cells are among the largest cells in the body, and each contains one or two large, round nuclei. In the cells can often be seen droplets of fat or granules of glycogen or animal starch....

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265658667
• ISBN 13: 9780265658666
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 803