Biliary duct system Flashcards
What do the right and left hepatic ducts drain into
Drain into corresponding functional halves of the liver
What forms the common hepatic duct
Union of the right and left hepatic duct
What does the cystic duct drain
Gallbladder
What forms the bile duct
Union of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct
What forms the hepatopancreatic ampulla
Union of bile duct and pancreatic duct
Where does the hepatopancreatic ampulla drain into
second part of the duodenum at the major duodenal papilla
What are the sphincers and valves in the biliary duct system
Sphincter of Ampulla
Sphincter of Bile duct
Sphincter of Pancreatic duct
Spiral folds (valves)
What is the lowers point in the duct system
Sphincter of Ampulla
What are gallstones
Solidification of bile of bile constituaents
What is the most likely site of impaction of a gallstone
Sphincter of Ampulla
What does a gallstone in the sphincter of ampulla cause
Acute pancreatitis
Chirrhosis of the liver
What are risk factors of gallstones
Being female
Pregnancy
obesity
high fat diet
What are gallstone made of
Cholesterol crystals
Where would upper abdominal diseases have refer pain
Lower thoracic segments (T8-T12)
In a gallbladder attack where will a patient have pain
right of subscapular region
