Question

Blood supply of the liver (in ml/100 g/min) is?

• A. 1500-2000
• B. 1000-1500
• C. 50-60
• D. 250-300

Hint:

Total liver flow is about 1500 ml/min, but they want it per 100 g.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Read the units carefully. The question asks for blood flow per 100 g of liver tissue per minute, not the total flow to the whole organ.

Step 2: The total hepatic blood flow is about 1500 ml/min (the largest of any organ), but the liver is a large organ. When this is expressed per 100 g of tissue it works out to roughly 50 to 60 ml/100 g/min.

Step 3: This is why options like 1500-2000 are a trap; that figure is the total flow in ml/min, which matches the whole liver, not the per-100-g value asked here.

Step 4: The correct per-100-g hepatic blood flow is therefore 50-60 ml/100 g/min.