digestive system three

Question 1

where is the liver located?

Answer 1

upper right part of abdomen

Question 2

what are the functions of the liver?

Answer 2

• produces and secretes bile (helps with fat/lipid digestion)
• processes the products of digestion (including alcohol and drugs)
• store nutrients and produces plasma proteins

Question 3

what are the four lobes of the liver?

Answer 3

right, left, quadrate, and caudate

Question 4

hepatic portal vein, hepatic artery proper, and common hepatic duct

Answer 4

gross anatomy of liver

Question 5

hepatocytes and central vein

Answer 5

histology of liver

Question 6

what makes up the portal triad?

Answer 6

branch of hepatic portal vein, branch of hepatic artery, and branch of bile duct

Question 7

what is the blood flow of the liver?

Answer 7

blood from hepatic artery and hepatic portal vein flow into liver

Question 8

where does bile go after leaving liver?

Answer 8

bile duct

Question 9

where is the gallbladder located

Answer 9

beneath liver (between right and quadrate lobes)

Question 10

what is the function of the gallbladder?

Answer 10

it stores and concentrates bile secreted by liver

Question 11

where is the pancreas located?

Answer 11

behind stomach

Question 12

secrete pancreatic juice
- pancreatic juice leave via a pancreatic duct

Answer 12

acinar cells

Question 13

what is the function of pancreas?

Answer 13

produces and releases digestive enzymes and bicarbonate (pancreatic juice)

Question 14

a network of “tubes” that transport bile and pancreatic juices to the duodenum

Answer 14

biliary apparatus

Question 15

what ducts unite to form the common hepatic duct?

Answer 15

right and left hepatic ducts

Question 16

what type of duct does the gallbladder have?

Answer 16

cystic duct

Question 17

what ducts unite to form the common bile duct?

Answer 17

cystic duct and common hepatic duct

Question 18

what duct connects with the common bile duct?

Answer 18

pancreatic duct

Question 19

where does the common bile duct open into?

Answer 19

duodenum at the duodenal papilla

Question 20

celiac trunk, superior mesenteric artery, inferior mesenteric artery

Answer 20

arterial supply

Question 21

veins that drain blood from GI tract directly to liver

Answer 21

hepatic portal system

Question 22

what are the four main veins of the hepatic portal system?

Answer 22

splenic vein, superior mesenteric vein, inferior mesenteric vein, hepatic portal vein

Question 23

where does the hepatic portal system take blood to?

Answer 23

liver

Question 24

process blood from hepatic portal vein

Answer 24

hepatocytes

Question 25

where does the blood go once processed?

Answer 25

leaves liver via hepatic veins into the inferior vena cava