Liver Flashcards

1
Q

What is the largest visceral organ/gland in the body

A

The liver

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2
Q

What are the functions of the liver

A

Bile secretion
Metabolism of proteins, fats, carbs
Storage of glycogen, vitamins, iron
Detoxification

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3
Q

What is contained in the porta hepatis

A

Common hepatic duct
Hepatic artery proper
Portal vein

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4
Q

What lobe of the liver is the gallbladder located

A

Right lobe

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5
Q

What lobe of the liver is between the right and left lobes anterior to the porta hepatis

A

Quadrate lobe

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6
Q

What lobe of the liver is between the right and left lobes posterior to the porta hepatis

A

Caudate lobe

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7
Q

What functional half of the liver contains hepatic segments I-IV

A

Left functional half

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8
Q

What functional half of the live contains hepatic segments V-VIII

A

Right functional half

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9
Q

What is the bare area

A

The part of the liver that has no peritoneum covering it and is in direct contact with the diaphragm

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10
Q

What is found within the bare area

A

Inferior vena cava

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11
Q

What are the ligaments of the liver

A
Falciform ligament
Coronary ligament
Right and left triangular ligaments
ligamentum teres
ligamentum venosum
ligament of the inferior vena cave
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12
Q

What ligament connects the liver to the diaphragm

A

Falciform ligament

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13
Q

When the falcifom ligament splits what ligament does it become

A

Coronary ligament

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14
Q

What does the coronary ligament boarder

A

The bare area

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15
Q

What is the free edge of the falciform ligament

A

Ligamentum teres

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16
Q

What is the remnant of the obliterated umbilical vein

A

Ligamentum teres

17
Q

What ligament is remnant of the ductus venosus

A

Ligamentum venosum

18
Q

What ligament covers the inferion vena cava in the bare area

A

Ligamentum of the inferior vena cava

19
Q

What shape do the fissures of the liver form on the visceral surface

A

an H

20
Q

What supplies the liver with 75-80% of its blood and nutrients

A

Portal vein

21
Q

What supplies the liver with 20-25% of its blood and O2

A

hepatic artery

22
Q

What gives the liver autonomic and pain fibers

A

Hepatic plexus from the celiac plexus