Liver Flashcards
Where does the right lobe of liver get its blood supply?
right portal vein
pg. E 4
Where does the left lobe of liver get its blood supply?
left portal vein
pg. E 4
Where does the caudate lobe of the liver get its blood supply?
right and left portal veins
pg. E 4
Where is the caudate lobe located in reference to the ligamentum venosum?
posterior
pg. E 4
Where is the caudate lobe located in reference to the porta hepatis?
posterior
pg. E 4
Where is the caudate lobe located in reference to the IVC?
anterior and medial
pg. E 4
What is the caudate lobe located in reference to the lesser sac?
lateral
pg. E 4
Where is the caudate lobe located within the liver?
posterior superior surface
pg. E 4
What is the first order division of the liver?
lobar/hemilobar anatomy
pg. E 3
How is the liver divided in the first order division of the liver?
right and left lobes are divided by a plane between the GB and IVC
pg. E 3
What is the second order division of the liver?
sector/segment anatomy
pg. E 4
How is the liver divided in the second order division of the liver?
Left lateral Left medial Right anterior Right posterior pg. E 4
What is the third order division of the liver?
segment/subsegment anatomy
pg. E 5
How is the liver divided in the third order division of the liver?
Segment I - caudate lobe Segment II - left lateral superior Segment III - left lateral inferior Segment IVa - left medial superior Segment IVb - left medial inferior Segment V - right anterior inferior Segment VI - right posterior inferior Segment VII - right posterior superior Segment VIII - right anterior superior pg. E 5
What is another name for hepatic veins?
intersegmental vessels
pg. E 7
What is another name for the portal triad?
intrasegmental vessels
pg. E 7
Why do the portal veins have hyperechoic walls?
encased by Glisson’s capsule
pg. E 7
What are the vessels of the portal triad?
main portal vein
proper hepatic artery
common hepatic duct
pg. E 7
Where is the main lobar fissure located?
between the GB neck and junction of RPV and LPV
pg. E 8
What does the main lobar fissure divide?
right and left lobes between IVC and GB
pg. E 8
What is the ligamentum venosum?
remnant of the ductus venosus
separates the LT from the caudate lobe
pg. E 8
What is the ligamentum teres?
remnant of the umbilical vein to the LPV
pg. E 9
What can happen to the ligamentum teres in portal hypertension and cirrhosis?
it can recanalize to form a collateral
pg. E 9
What is the direction of circulation in a fetus?
umbilical vein LPV ductus venosus IVC pg. E 9
What is hepatopetal flow?
flow towards the liver
pg. E 10
What is hepatofugal flow?
flow away from the liver
pg. E 10
Which direction of flow should the portal vein be?
hepatopetal
pg. E 10
What does a normal portal vein waveform look like?
low velocity continuous flow toward the liver
above the baseline
pg. E 10
What is the upper limits of normal diameter of a portal vein?
13 mm
pg. E 10
What does a > 13 mm diameter of the portal vein suggest?
portal hypertension
pg. E 10
What does a normal hepatic vein waveform look like?
triphasic
below the baseline
pg. E 10
What does a normal hepatic artery waveform look like?
low resistive
above the baseline
pg. E 11
If a patient just had a liver transplant and the hepatic artery waveform is high resistive, what does it indicate?
possible organ rejection
pg. E 11
If a patient just had a liver transplant and the hepatic artery waveform is seen as a parvus tardus waveform, what does it indicate?
proximal anastomotic stenosis
pg. E 11
What does the RHV separate?
divides anterior and posterior segments of the RT lobe
pg. E 13
What does the MHV separate?
separates the LT and RT lobes
pg. E 13
What does the LHV separate?
divides medial and lateral segments of the LT lobe
pg. E 13
What is considered hepatomegaly?
- 5 cm or greater
pg. E 14