Accessory Digestive Organs

Question 1

accessory digestive organs

Answer 1

• liver
• gallbladder
• pancreas
• biliary apparatus

Question 2

liver

Answer 2

• filters toxins from the blood
• breaks down old RBC’s
• produces bile

Question 3

liver location

Answer 3

right quadrant of abdomen

Question 4

right and left liver lobes

Answer 4

major lobes, separated by falciform ligament

Question 5

caudate and quadrate liver lobes

Answer 5

considered subdivisions of right lobe

Question 6

hepatic portal vein

Answer 6

carries nutrient-rich blood from GI tract capillaries, spleen, and pancreas to liver

Question 7

hepatic artery

Answer 7

carries oxygen-rich blood to the liver

Question 8

hepatic vein

Answer 8

empty into inferior vena cava

Question 9

gallbladder

Answer 9

arises from inferior surface of liver, store and concentrate bile, emulsifying agent for digestion of fats in small intestine

Question 10

biliary apparatus

Answer 10

network of thin ducts that transport bile from liver and gallbladder to duodenum

Question 11

cystic duct

Answer 11

from gallbladder

Question 12

common hepatic duct

Answer 12

from liver

Question 13

common bile duct

Answer 13

junction of cystic and common hepatic

Question 14

pancreas

Answer 14

both endocrine and exocrine functions

Question 15

endocrine function of pancreas

Answer 15

production and secretion of insulin and glucagon

Question 16

exocrine duct function of pancrea

Answer 16

production of pancreatic juice/enzymes

Question 17

jaundice

Answer 17

• yellowing of skin, conjuctiva, and mucous membranes due to deposits of bilirubin
• bilirubin is toxic too the nervous system, causing neural damage if too much accumulates

Question 18

obstructive jaudice

Answer 18

vile ducts are obstructed so bile cannot drain out of the liver and overflows into the blood

Question 19

hemolytic jaundice

Answer 19

from RBC;s being broken down in large quantities

Question 20

physiologic jaundice

Answer 20

immature liver cannot excrete the bilirubin as quickly as it is being formed