20. Surfaces of Liver

Question 1

Identify 1 -> 2

Answer 1

1. Coronary ligament
2. Fissure for ligamentum venosum

Question 2

Identify 3

Answer 2

3. Porta hepatis

Question 3

Identify 4

Answer 3

4. Gallbladder

Question 4

Identify 5

Answer 4

5. Quadrate lobe

Question 5

Identify 6

Answer 5

6. Bare area of liver

Question 6

Identify 7

Answer 6

7. Round ligament (ligamentum teres) of liver (obliterated umbilical vein) forming free border of falciform ligament

Question 7

Identify 8

Answer 7

8. Falciform ligament

Question 8

Visceral peritoneum reflects off the liver in the form of (1)___, which reflect off (2)___ of the liver and onto the underlying diaphragm.

Answer 8

1. the falciform ligament and the coronary ligaments
2. the right and left lobes

Question 9

The bare area of the liver marks the portion of the liver not covered by (1)___ because it is in direct contact with the (2)___.

Answer 9

1. visceral peritoneum
2. diaphragm

Question 10

The round ligament of the liver is (1)___. It is visible in the free margin of the (2)___.

Answer 10

1. the obliterated left umbilical vein
2. falciform ligament

Question 11

The round ligament joins the ___, which is the fused ductus venosus from the fetus.

Answer 11

ligamentum venosum

Question 12

4 functions of liver

Answer 12

1. the production and secretion of bile
2. storage of nutrients
3. production of cellular fuels, plasma proteins, and clotting factors
4. detoxification and phagocytosis.