Liver Flashcards
Investment of LCT entering the liver with portal vessels
Glisson’s capsule
Largest gland
Liver
Recess between the liver and the transverse colon
Morisson’s pouch
- where GB lies
Ligament of the liver: remnant of umbilical vein
Round Ligament / ligamentum teres
Visceral peritoneum covers the liver except at what areas
Bed of GB and Porta hepatis
Portal triad
Hepatic a
Portal v
Hepatic duct
Transverse fissure on visceral surface of liver between caudate and quadrate lobes
Porta hepatis
Blood supply of liver
Portal v - 70
Hepatic a
Venous drainage of liver
Hepatic v
- drains to IVC
SMV and splenic v unites to form
Portal v
- carries nutrient-rich blood
Hepatic artery is a branch of
Celiac a
Accdg to Couinas System, hepatic veins divide the liver into how many divisions
4 divisions
- 8 segments
Major lymph producing organ
Lymphatics
Largest derivative of celiac plexus that accompanies branches of portal triad
Hepatic nerve plexus
- for vasoconstriction