biliary Tree

Question 1

What is the purpose of the biliary system?

Answer 1

To store and transport bile out of the liver

Question 2

The biliary system is closely associated with what two organs?

Answer 2

Liver and pancreas

Question 3

What organ produces bile?

Answer 3

Liver

Question 4

What is the purpose of bile?

Answer 4

To aid in digestion

Question 5

What makes up the biliary system?

Answer 5

Gallbladder, intrahepatic bile ducts, extrahepatic bile ducts

Question 6

Where do the right and left hepatic ducts join?

Answer 6

At the level of the porta hepatis to form CHD

Question 7

The CHD joins the cystic duct to form what?

Answer 7

CBD

Question 8

Where does the CBD empty into?

Answer 8

Duodenum

Question 9

Where is the cystic duct located?

Answer 9

Neck of the gallbladder

Question 10

Who carries bile both into and out of the gallbladder?

Answer 10

Cystic duct

Question 11

Where does the CBD connect into the duodenum?

Answer 11

Ampulla of vater

Question 12

What is the ampulla of vater?

Answer 12

Opening that allows bile to flow from CBD to duodenum

Question 13

CBD runs anterior to what?

Answer 13

Main portal vein and hepatic artery

Question 14

CBD can normally dilate up to how much every decade of life?

Answer 14

1mm for every 10years

Question 15

What quadrant is the gallbladder located in?

Answer 15

RUQ

Question 16

Where is the gallbladder located in the liver?

Answer 16

Posterior and inferior right lobe of the liver

Question 17

When fats and amino acids are infested the duodenum releases what?

Answer 17

CCK- cholecystokinin

Question 18

What is the purpose of CCK?

Answer 18

Causes gallbladder to contract and release bile

Question 19

What term describes the normal sonographic appearance of a gallbladder?

Answer 19

Anechoic

Question 20

What is the normal measurement for a gallbladder wall?

Answer 20

Less than 3mm

Question 21

What is Hartmann pouch?

Answer 21

Diverticulum of the gallbladder neck, common site for stones

Question 22

What is the most common congenital gallbladder anomaly?

Answer 22

Junctional fold

Question 23

What is the congenital anomaly, junctional fold?

Answer 23

Fold in the neck of the gallbladder

Question 24

What is the congenital anomaly when the gallbladder fundus is partially folded onto itself?

Answer 24

Phrygian Cap

Question 25

What is gallbladder hypoplasia?

Answer 25

Congenital underdevelopment of the gallbladder

Question 26

What does the gallbladder look like in transverse view?

Answer 26

A circle