Accessory Digestive Organs- Taylor Flashcards
The pancreas extends from the ______ to the ______.
Spleen
Duodenum
The pancreas acts as the attachment for the ____ to the posterior abdominal wall.
Transverse mesocolon
What do centroacinar cells secrete?
Watery solution rich in sodium bicarbonate
What does the liver do?
Store glycogen
Secrete bile
What regions of the abdomen are the liver located in?
Right hypochondriac
Epigastric
What attaches the liver to the anterior abdominal wall?
Falciform ligament
What does the falciparum ligament become inferiorly?
Round ligament
What ligaments attach the liver to the diaphragm?
Coronary and triangular ligaments
Where is the bare area located?
Between the coronary and triangular ligaments
What is the fissure for ligamentum venosum remnant of?
Ductus venosus
What causes the bare area?
The wilderness of the coronary ligament
What does the hepatic portal vein do?
Carry venous blood from the digestive tract into the liver
What does the hepatic artery do?
Carry oxygen-rich blood to the liver
What do the left and right hepatic ducts do?
Carry bile out of the liver
What is the quadrate liver between?
Gall bladder fossa
Round ligament