Gastro Practical 2.2.9

Question 1

what vein drains the liver

Answer 1

IVC

Question 2

what vein drains the spleen

Answer 2

splenic vein

Question 3

what vein drains the gallbladder

Answer 3

cystic vein, a tribuitary to the portal vei n

Question 4

what vein drains the pancreas

Answer 4

tributaries of the splenic vein

Question 5

what veins join to form the portal vein

Answer 5

superior mesenteric and splenic ( the inferior mesenteric joins to the splenic)

Question 6

what ligament encloses the portal triad?

Answer 6

hepatoduodenal ligament

Question 7

What is the name of the reflection of peritoneum running between the diaphragm and
the liver, which limits the right subphrenic space?

Answer 7

? Anterior / superior coronary ligament

Question 8

What is the name of the reflection of peritoneum running between the diaphragm and
the liver, which limits the hepatorenal space?

Answer 8

Posterior / inferior coronary ligament

Question 9

Hepatic artery proper function

Answer 9

: carries oxygen-rich blood to the liver

Question 10

hepatic portal vein function

Answer 10

carries oxygen poor, nutrient rich blood to the liver

Question 11

common bile duct function

Answer 11

carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to duodenum

Question 12

what epithelium is in the gall bladder?

Answer 12

single layer of columnal epithelium -
Tiny folds – called rugae, or microvilli, lining the surface – they look like intestinal villi
They flatten as the gall bladder fills (allow it to increase surface area)

Question 13

spleen histology

Answer 13

red pulp, white pulp