Chapter 9 Liver Flashcards
Ligament of Teres
Seen is an echogenic focus on a sonogram and is the rounded termination of the falciform ligament. Divides the medial and lateral segments of the left lobe.
Falciform ligament
Attaches liver to diaphragm contains the ligament of Teres
MPV
Enters the liver at the porta hepatis MPV divides into the right and left portal vein’s.
Right portal vein
Larger of the two branches has anterior and posterior branches
Left portal vein
More of a cranial approach is needed to image has small lateral and medial branches
Middle hepatic vein divides?
Right and left lobe’s
Hepatocellular disease
Liver cells or hepatocytes are the immediate problem interferes with liver function enzymes
Obstructive disease
Bile excretion is blocked
Which is treated medically and which is treated surgically obstructive disease or hepatocellular disease?
Hepatocellular disease is treated medically and obstructive disease treated surgically.
Cirrhosis
Chronic degenerative disease of the liver where the lobes are covered with fibrous tissue and the lobules are infiltrated with fat
Type I von Gierk’s disease
Most common type of glycogen storage disease: abnormally large amounts of glycogen are deposited in the liver and kidneys
Hemachromatosis
Rare disease of iron metabolism where there is an excess of iron deposits throughout the body
Budd-Chiari Syndrome
Uncommon thrombosis of the hepatic veins are IVC.
