Dry Room 2

Question 1

What is the function of the spleen?

Answer 1

Acts as a filter for blood and plays an important role in the immune responses of the body.

Question 2

How is the spleen peritonised?

Answer 2

Intraperitoneum

Question 3

In which region of the abdominal cavity is the spleen located?

Answer 3

Left hypochondrium

Question 4

Does the spleen move with respiration?

Answer 4

yes

Question 5

Name the structures in the hilum of the spleen

Answer 5

Splenic Artery
Splenic Vein
Splenic Nerve

Question 6

The tail of which organ is closely related to the hilum of the spleen?

Answer 6

Pancreas

Question 7

What must the surgeon take care not to damage when removing the spleen?

Answer 7

The tail of the pancreas

Question 8

How does the pancreas lie in relation to the duodenum?

Answer 8

Head of the pancreas lies on the duodenojejunal flexure

Question 9

How is the pancreas peritonised?

Answer 9

Reteroperitoneum

Question 10

Which vein is formed posterior to the neck of the pancreas?

Answer 10

Hepatic portal vein

Question 11

In which part of the duodenum does the pancreatic duct open?

Answer 11

Descending duodenum

Question 12

The round ligament of the liver (ligamentum teres) is the remnant of which embryological structure?

Answer 12

Left umbilical vein

Question 13

What is the bare area of the liver bare of?

Answer 13

Peritoneum

Question 14

Name 3 structures present in the portal hepatis

Answer 14

Hepatic Portal Vein
Hepatic Duct
Hepatic Artery

These make up the portal triad

Question 15

What fold of peritoneum is wrapped around the portal triad?

Answer 15

Lesser omentum

Question 16

The extra hepatic biliary apparatus consists of?

Answer 16

Hepatic ducts
Common Hepatic ducts
Gall Bladder
Cystic duct
Bile duct

Question 17

Where is bile produced?

Answer 17

In the liver

Question 18

Where is bile stored?

Answer 18

In the gall bladder

Question 19

Where does bile inter the gut tube?

Answer 19

Major duodenal papilla

Question 20

What is the function of bile?

Answer 20

Emulsification of fats

Question 21

What is Calot’s triangle?

Answer 21

Calot’s cystohepatic triangle

Triangular space formed by cystic duct, common hepatic duct and inferior surface of liver.
The triangle contains the cystic artery.
During the removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) care should be taken not to damage the structures in and around the triangle

Question 22

Which costal cartilage is the surface marking of the gall bladder?

Answer 22

9th

Question 23

Does the liver move with respiration?

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

Which ribs are related to the spleen?

Answer 24

9th, 10th and 11th

Question 25

Which abdominal plane crosses the pancreas?

Which part of the pancreas does it cross?

Answer 25

Transpyloric plane

Neck of the pancreas