Liver

Question 1

What is the largest visceral organ in the body?

Answer 1

liver

Question 2

What is the largest gland in the body?

Answer 2

liver

Question 3

What are the function of the liver?

Answer 3

bile secretion
metabolism of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates
storage of glycogen, vitamins, iron
detoxification

Question 4

What are the two surfaces of the liver?

Answer 4

Diaphragmatic and visceral surface

Question 5

What is the diaphragmatic surface?

Answer 5

superior and convex

Question 6

What is the visceral surface?

Answer 6

inferior and concave

Question 7

What is the porta hepatis?

Answer 7

hilum of the liver

Question 8

What does the porta hepatis contain?

Answer 8

common hepatic duct
hepatic artery proper
portal vein

Question 9

What is not in the porta hepatis?

Answer 9

inferior vena cava

Question 10

Where does the right lobe of liver set?

Answer 10

gall bladder lies in fossa on its visceral surface

inferior vena cava lies posterior to gall bladder

Question 11

Where does the quadrate lobe of liver set?

Answer 11

between right and left lobes
anterior to porta hepatis
gall bladder is immediately to right of it

Question 12

Where does the caudate lobe of liver set?

Answer 12

between right and left lobes

posterior to porta hepatis

Question 13

Where does the left lobe of liver set?

Answer 13

left of the falciform ligament

smaller than right lobe

Question 14

Where do hepatic segments 1-4 set?

Answer 14

in left functional half

Question 15

Where do hepatic segments 5-8 set?

Answer 15

right functional half

Question 16

What structures distribute to the right and left functional halves of liver?

Answer 16

hepatic artery
portal vein
common hepatic duct
hepatic vein

Question 17

What is the bare area of the liver?

Answer 17

where the liver is not covered by visceral peritoneum

Question 18

Where is the bare area located on the liver?

Answer 18

diaphragmatic surface

Question 19

What structure lies in the bare area of the liver?

Answer 19

inferior vena cava

Question 20

What does the falciform ligament of the liver do?

Answer 20

connects liver to diaphragm and anterior abdominal wall

Question 21

What does the coronary ligament of liver do?

Answer 21

forms borders of bare area, and reflects onto diaphragm

Question 22

What forms the coronary ligament?

Answer 22

falciform ligament splits once it passes posteriorly on diaphragmatic surface

Question 23

Where is the right and left triangular ligament formed?

Answer 23

at junction of superior and inferior layers of coronary ligament on each side

Question 24

What does the ligamentum teres form?

Answer 24

free edge of falciform ligament

Question 25

What is the ligamentum teres made of?

Answer 25

is remnant of obliterated umbilical vein

Question 26

Where does the ligamentum venosum lie?

Answer 26

between left and caudate lobes

Question 27

What is the ligamentum venosum made of?

Answer 27

remnant of ductus venosus

Question 28

What does the ligament of inferior vena cava cover?

Answer 28

covers inferior vena cava within bare area of liver

Question 29

What does the fissures of the liver make?

Answer 29

H

Question 30

Where is the fissure for the ligamentum teres?

Answer 30

left lobe and quadrate lobe

Question 31

Where is the fissure for the ligamentum venosum?

Answer 31

between left lobe and caudate lobe

Question 32

Where is the fossa for the gallbladder?

Answer 32

right lobe and quadrate lobe

Question 33

Where is the fissure for the inferior vena cava?

Answer 33

between right lobe and caudate lobe

Question 34

What forms the crossbar of the H

Answer 34

porta hepatis

Question 35

What is the blood supply to the liver?

Answer 35

portal vein 80% and hepatic artery 20%

Question 36

What is the innervation of the liver?

Answer 36

autonomic and pain fibers are from hepatic plexus