Liver Flashcards
What is the largest visceral organ/gland in the body
The liver
What are the functions of the liver
Bile secretion
Metabolism of proteins, fats, carbs
Storage of glycogen, vitamins, iron
Detoxification
What is contained in the porta hepatis
Common hepatic duct
Hepatic artery proper
Portal vein
What lobe of the liver is the gallbladder located
Right lobe
What lobe of the liver is between the right and left lobes anterior to the porta hepatis
Quadrate lobe
What lobe of the liver is between the right and left lobes posterior to the porta hepatis
Caudate lobe
What functional half of the liver contains hepatic segments I-IV
Left functional half
What functional half of the live contains hepatic segments V-VIII
Right functional half
What is the bare area
The part of the liver that has no peritoneum covering it and is in direct contact with the diaphragm
What is found within the bare area
Inferior vena cava
What are the ligaments of the liver
Falciform ligament Coronary ligament Right and left triangular ligaments ligamentum teres ligamentum venosum ligament of the inferior vena cave
What ligament connects the liver to the diaphragm
Falciform ligament
When the falcifom ligament splits what ligament does it become
Coronary ligament
What does the coronary ligament boarder
The bare area
What is the free edge of the falciform ligament
Ligamentum teres
What is the remnant of the obliterated umbilical vein
Ligamentum teres
What ligament is remnant of the ductus venosus
Ligamentum venosum
What ligament covers the inferion vena cava in the bare area
Ligamentum of the inferior vena cava
What shape do the fissures of the liver form on the visceral surface
an H
What supplies the liver with 75-80% of its blood and nutrients
Portal vein
What supplies the liver with 20-25% of its blood and O2
hepatic artery
What gives the liver autonomic and pain fibers
Hepatic plexus from the celiac plexus
