The main structural component of the liver. They are specialized epithelial cells that are organized into interconnected plates called lobules. Majority of cell population of liver, polygonal in shape, arranged in plates or trabeculae between sinusoids; may have single nucleus or binucleated. [ MESH:D022781 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatocyte https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0412046911 GOC:tfm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19717280 ]
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- endopolyploid cell
- somatic cell
- epithelial cell
- part of some liver
- capable of some bile acid biosynthetic process
- develops from some hepatoblast
- capable of some detoxification