Chapter 28. Accessory Organs

Question 1

Where is the liver located

Answer 1

right hypochondriac, epigastric and left hypochondriac region

Question 2

Is the liver an intraperitoneal or retroperitoneal organ

Answer 2

intraperitoneal organ

Question 3

Describe how the liver is attached to the abdomen

Answer 3

the liver is covered by the peritoneum and is connected by the peritoneal refelctions to the stomach by the lesser omentum and the anterior abdominal wall by the flaciform ligament
the coronary ligament attaches the liver to the inferior surface of the diaphragm

Question 4

What are the 5 surfaces of the liver

Answer 4

anterior, posterior, right, superior and inferior

Question 5

What is the visceral surface and the diaphragmatic surface of the liver

Answer 5

visceral surface= interior

diaphragmatic surface=anterior, posterior, right and superior

Question 6

Where is the porta hepatis located and what passes through the porta hepatis of the liver

Answer 6

it is located at the center of the visceral surface. and it is a passageway for the hepatic artery, vein, bile duct, hepatic nerve plexus and the lymphatic vessel

Question 7

Where does the vena cava associate with the liver ( which surface(s)) ?

Answer 7

inferior and posterior surface

Question 8

What are the 2 lobes of the liver and their subdivisions, which surface are the lobes located at

Answer 8

2 lobes: left and right with the left lobe having further subdivisions ( caudate and quadrate lobe)

Question 9

Which structure/organ associates with the caudate and quadrate lobe of the left lobe of the liver

Answer 9

the caudate lobe is found to the left of the vena cava

the quadrate love is found on the left of the gall bladder

Question 10

What organs are associated with the impressions on the left and right lobe of the liver

Answer 10

left lobe: stomach

right lobe:right kidney

Question 11

What ligament is the reminence of the umbilical vein

Answer 11

round ligament of the lover

Question 12

What is the function of the coronary ligament

Answer 12

It is used to attach the liver the diaphragm

Question 13

where is the gall bladder located?

Answer 13

tip of the 9th costal cartilage on the right

Question 14

What are the components of the gall bladder

Answer 14

it consists of the fundus, body and neck

Question 15

What is the function of the liver

Answer 15

stores and concentrates bile

Question 16

what are the connections of the cystic duct

Answer 16

gall bladder and the common hepatic duct

Question 17

What is the vessel carrying bile from the liver to the descending segment of the duodenum called?

Answer 17

right and left hepatic duct

Question 18

Where is the pancreas located

Answer 18

located behind the stomach on the posterior abdominal wall

Question 19

Is the pancreas a retroperitoneal or intraperitoneal organ

Answer 19

retroperitoneal

Question 20

How many pancreatic ducts are there , what are they and what are their functions

Answer 20

• main pancreatic duct: joins the common bile duct to form the hepatopancreatic ampulla
• accessory pancreatic duct: either drains into the main pancreatic duct or joins directly to the descending part of the duodenum

Question 21

• Note the accessory pancreatic duct allows the pancreatic juice to flow from the ______ of the pancreas to the duodenum

Answer 21

head

Question 22

What are the 3 salivary gland

Answer 22

parotid, sublingual and submandibular

Question 23

Which is the largest salivary gland

Answer 23

parotid

Question 24

Which salivary gland produces the most saliva

Answer 24

submandibular

Question 25

What are the nerves that innervate the salivary glands

Answer 25

parotid: CN 9
sublingual: CN 7
submandibular: CN 7

Question 26

Where is the parotid gland located

Answer 26

front and below the ear, covers the masseter muscle

Question 27

Where is the submandibular gland located, where is the saliva secreated

Answer 27

medial surface of the body of the mandible, saliva is secreted at the floor of the oral cavity