Liver and Biliary System Flashcards
What is the largest gland in the body
Liver
Falciform ligament divides liver into two major lobes:
-right lobe
-left lobe
two minor lobes evident on visceral surface:
-caudate lobe
-quadrate lobe
is collected by ducts and carried to gallbladder for storage or passes into duodenum
Bile
two blood supplies:
-hepatic artery
-portal vein
supplies oxygenated blood from abdominal aorta
hepatic artery
carries blood from digestive system to be filtered by liver
portal vein
primary function from imaging standpoint of the liver is :
production of bile
the biliary system main function:
- to drain waste products from the liver into the duodenum
- to help in digestion with the controlled release of bile
Biliary system consists of :
bile ducts and the gallbladder
two main hepatic ducts in the liver:
-right
-left
right and left hepatic ducts join to form:
common hepatic duct
common hepatic duct unites with:
cystic duct to form common bile duct
Thin-walled musculomembranous sac usually found on visceral
surface of right lobe of liver
Gallbladder
route for the biliary stystem:
1.right/left hepatic ducts
2. common hepatic duct
3. cystic duct: hangs from GB
4. common bile duct
5. pancreatic duct
6. hepatopancreatic ampulla or ampulla of vater
Gallbladder functions:
Functions to store and concentrate bile
when does gallbladder evacuate bile
when activated by hormone, cholecystokinin
neck of gallbladder is consistent with:
cystic duct
produces/ regulates insulin
- cancer prone
Pancreas
as a secretion it aids in the emulsification of fats
Bile