This unit is designed to help you consolidate your learning about liver function, liver dysfunction and diagnostic tests.

Learning objectives

• List clinically important functions of the liver
• Identify and explain signs of liver dysfunction
• Interpret liver diagnostic tests
• Predict liver function test results
• Shock and amaze later instructors with ability to utilize test results

Review material

Access this unit on the liver, paying attention to the objectives above

Activities

Try these cases:

Find some labwork or case report that contains liver values and see if you can interpret them!

Assessment

Follow the link to This page for challenging review questions from a Vet Med GI physiology textbook.