liver and gall bladder

Question 1

what is inbetween the right and left lobes of liver

Answer 1

falciform ligament

Question 2

how many lobes does the liver have

Answer 2

• right lobe
• left lobe
• caudate lobe
• quadrate lobe

Question 3

where does portal triad enter the liver

Answer 3

at porta hepatis

Question 4

how is hepatic tissue obtained

Answer 4

liver biopsy

Question 5

how many segments does liver have

Answer 5

8

Question 6

what is each segment supplied by

Answer 6

secondary or tertiary branch of the hepatic artery, bile duct and portal vein

Question 7

what are Kupffer cells

Answer 7

sinusoidal macrophages

Question 8

what does central vein transport

Answer 8

clean blood to hepatic vein

Question 9

what makes up the liver

Answer 9

lobules

Question 10

what shape are the lobules

Answer 10

hexagonal

Question 11

what happens to hepatocytes during cirrhosis

Answer 11

destruction of hepatocytes

Question 12

what do hepatocytes do

Answer 12

produce bile and detoxify blood

Question 13

what does blood flow in the liver

Answer 13

in sinusoids

Question 14

what 2 things join to form bile duct

Answer 14

common hepatic duct + cystic duct

Question 15

what duct comes out of gallbladder

Answer 15

cystic duct

Question 16

what comes out of kidney

Answer 16

ureter

Question 17

what is a method to reduce portal hypertension

Answer 17

divert blood from the portal venous system to the systemic venous system by creating a communication between the portal vein and IVC

Question 18

what is inbetween liver and kidney

Answer 18

hepatorenal recess

Question 19

what space is infront of liver

Answer 19

subphrenic recess

Question 20

what is hepatic artery proper a branch of

Answer 20

the common hepatic artery (that is a branch of coeliac trunk)

Question 21

where does right hepatic branch go

Answer 21

to gallbladder (over it)

Question 22

what are the 3 arteries of the abdominal aorta from superior to inferior

Answer 22

• coeliac trunk
• superior mesenteric artery
• inferior mesenteric artery

Question 23

what is given off of abdominal aorta in-between superior and inferior mesenteric arteries

Answer 23

the right and left renal arteries

Question 24

where else can the gastroduodenal artery come off of

Answer 24

superior mesenteric artery

Question 25

what does bile duct enter

Answer 25

duodenum

Question 26

what does the main bile duct join

Answer 26

the main pancreatic duct

forming hepatopancreatic ampulla

Question 27

where does cystic artery arise from

Answer 27

right hepatic artery

Question 28

what are the 3 parts of the gallbladder

Answer 28

• fundus
• body
• neck

Question 29

what does the hepatic portal vein drain

Answer 29

venous blood from:

• GI tract
• spleen
• pancreas
• gallbladder

Question 30

where does hepatic portal vein drain into

Answer 30

the sinusoids of the liver

Question 31

what does splenic vein drain blood from

Answer 31

• inferior mesenteric
• left gatro-omental
• short gastric
• pancreatic veins