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Lesson 10 (Part 1) Flashcards

1
Q

Is the gallbladder intra or retroperitoneal?

A

Intraperitoneal

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2
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What does the gallbladder lie within?

A

The gallbladder fossa

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3
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What quadrant is the gallbladder located in?

A

The RUQ

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4
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What aspect of the liver is the gallbladder located?

A

It is the posterior inferior aspect of the liver

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5
Q

What does the main lobar fissure do?

A

It separates the right and left lobes of the liver

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6
Q

What is the main lobar fissure a landmark seen in 70% of patients?

A

The gallbladder fossa

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7
Q

How many layers make up the gallbladder?

A

3

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8
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What are the 3 layers that make up the gallbladder?

A
  1. Fibrous outer layer
  2. Smooth muscle layer
  3. Mucous membrane
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9
Q

How many sections is the gallbladder divided into?

A

3

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10
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What are the 3 sections of the gallbladder?

A
  1. Fundus
  2. Body
  3. Neck
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11
Q

What is the most anterior part of the gallbladder?

A

The fundus

- and often inferior

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12
Q

What does the gallbladder’s neck connect to?

A

The biliary system

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13
Q

How does the gallbladder’s neck connect to the biliary system?

A

Through the cystic duct

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14
Q

What does the cystic duct join as it comes from the gallbladder?

A

The common hepatic duct

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15
Q

What does the common hepatic duct become when the cystic duct joins it?

A

The common bile duct

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16
Q

What surrounds the portal triad?

A

The hepatoduodenal ligament

17
Q

What does the cystic duct contain?

A

Valves of Heister

18
Q

What are valves of Heister?

A

Mucosal folds

19
Q

What do valves of Heister prevent?

A

The cystic duct from collapsing

- holds it open

20
Q

Where is the cystic duct located?

A

Inferior to the liver

21
Q

What ducts are intrahepatic ducts?

A

Common hepatic duct

22
Q

What ducts are extrahepatic ducts? (2)

A
  1. Cystic duct

2. Common bile duct

23
Q

What are we mainly looking for when scanning the gallbladder?

A

Stones

24
Q

What does the bloody supply of the gallbladder consist of? (2)

A
  1. Cystic artery

2. Cystic vein

25
Q

What is secreted by the liver?

A

Bile

26
Q

Where is bile stored and concentrated?

A

In the gallbladder

27
Q

What does bile help with?

A

Digestion

- breaking down fats

28
Q

Where does the biliary tree excrete bile into?

A

The duodenum

29
Q

What happens to the gallbladder after eating? (2)

A
  1. It contracts

2. Send bile through ducts to the duodenum

30
Q

What 2 hormones stimulate the biliary tree to contract?

A
  1. CCK

2. Secretin

31
Q

What can the gallbladder expand and act as?

A

A reservoir

- squeeze its contents on demand

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