1. Appendix. A thin tube that is joined to the large intestine. It sits in the lower right part of your belly (abdomen). When you are a young child, your appendix is a working part of your immune system, which helps your body to fight disease. When you are older, your appendix stops doing this and other parts of your body keep helping to fight infection.
2. Liver lobules. They are made up of microscopic units called lobules which are roughly hexagonal in shape. These lobules comprise rows of liver cells (hepatocytes) that radiate out from a central point. The hepatic cells are in close contact with blood-filled sinusoids and also lie adjacent to canaliculi into which bile is secreted. Situated around the perimeter of the lobule are branches of the hepatic artery, hepatic portal vein, and bile duct. These clusters together at the “corners” of the lobule forming what is called the portal triad. At the mid-point of the lobule is the central vein. Blood flows out of the sinusoids into the central vein and is transported out of the liver.
3. Small intestine (Duodenum). It is the long, continuous pathway that which food travels through your digestive system. In the small intestine, food is broken down into liquid and most of its nutrients are absorbed. The waste is passed on to the large intestine. It is the first part of the small intestine that the stomach feeds into. It’s a short, descending chute (about 10 inches long) that curves around the pancreas in a “C” shape before connecting to the rest of the coiled intestines.
1. Appendix. A thin tube that is joined to the large intestine. It sits in the lower right part of your belly (abdomen). When you are a young child, your appendix is a working part of your immune system, which helps your body to fight disease. When you are older, your appendix stops doing this and other parts of your body keep helping to fight infection.
2. Liver lobules. They are made up of microscopic units called lobules which are roughly hexagonal in shape. These lobules comprise rows of liver cells (hepatocytes) that radiate out from a central point. The hepatic cells are in close contact with blood-filled sinusoids and also lie adjacent to canaliculi into which bile is secreted. Situated around the perimeter of the lobule are branches of the hepatic artery, hepatic portal vein, and bile duct. These clusters together at the “corners” of the lobule forming what is called the portal triad. At the mid-point of the lobule is the central vein. Blood flows out of the sinusoids into the central vein and is transported out of the liver.
3. Small intestine (Duodenum). It is the long, continuous pathway that which food travels through your digestive system. In the small intestine, food is broken down into liquid and most of its nutrients are absorbed. The waste is passed on to the large intestine. It is the first part of the small intestine that the stomach feeds into. It’s a short, descending chute (about 10 inches long) that curves around the pancreas in a “C” shape before connecting to the rest of the coiled intestines.
RESOURCES:
• https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/digestive-system
• https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/appendicitis#:~:text=The%20appendix%20is%20a%20thin,your%20body%20to%20fight%20disease.
• https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nmp/sonet/rlos/bioproc/liveranatomy/page_three.html#:~:text=The%20liver%20lobes%20are%20made,out%20from%20a%20central%20point.
• https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/22135-small-intestine#:~:text=Duodenum,rest%20of%20the%20coiled%20intestines.