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*Hepatocytes are the smaller liver cells in the lobules
*Hepatocytes are the smaller liver cells in the lobules
**Contain glycogen granules
**Contain glycogen granules
**Pink stain as are eosinophilic
**Spherical nucleus
**Forms cords called branching plates (lamellae)
**Upper and lower margins are tight junctions
**3 functioning surfaces
***Adjacent to sinusoid contains microvilli
***Between adjacent cells are smooth
***Adjacent cells have short microvilli, membranes diverge, explanded intracellular spaces and bile canaliculi
*Kupfer macrophages present near the lining of the sinusoids
*Kupfer macrophages present near the lining of the sinusoids