Liver, Gall Bladder and Stomach Flashcards
What is the largest gland in the body?
Liver
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The liver is the third largest single organ.
F
The liver is the SECOND largest single organ (next to the skin).
The liver is ___ % of an adult’s body weight, ___ % of the total fetal weight.
2.5 %, 5 %
During fetal development, what is the function of the liver?
It is a hematopoetic organ.
The liver can be found in which quadrant and region of the body?
RUQ of the abdomen;
R Hypochondrium, Epigastric, and L Hypochondrium
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The liver is enclosed by peritoneum.
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The liver is surrounded by peritoneum except on the BARE AREA of the liver.
Where can one find the bare area of the liver?
Posterosuperior aspect of the liver;
Closely related to the diaphragm
What is the tight fibrous capsule that encloses the liver?
Glisson’s Capsule
What is the location of the liver with respect to the ribs and surface anatomy?
It is deep to the 7th-11th ribs and crosses the midline towards the left nipple.
What structures protect the liver?
Anteriorly: Lower rib cage
Posteriorly: muscles and bones of the abdominal cavity
Identify the functions of the liver.
(1) Glycogen storage
(2) Bile secretion
(3) other metabolic actities
T/F All nutrients (except fat) absorbed from the digestive tract are initially conveyed to the liver by the portal venous system.
T
Path of Bile (from liver)
Liver (via biliary ducts/ R and L hepatic ducts) -> Common Hepatic Duct -> (+ cystic duct) -> Common Bile Duct
What are the five ligaments of the liver?
(1) Falciform Ligament
(2) Coronary Ligament
(3) R Triangular Ligament
(4) L Triangular Ligament
(5) Round Ligament
The falciform can be divided into:
R and L leaflet
Location of the falciform
from the umbilical notch on the inferior surface of the liver portal hepatis
Function of the falciform ligament:
(1) subdivided the subphrenic spac
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The R leaflet becomes the R triangular ligament while the L leaflet becomes the coronary ligament
The R leaflet becomes the coronary, while the L leaflet becomes the L triangular ligament.
Function of the Right Triangular Ligament
It attaches the liver to the undersurface of the right leaflet of the diaphragm.
Location of the round ligament
found at the base of the falciform from the umbilicus
The round ligament is continuous with what structure?
Ligamentum Venosum
Embryonic Function of the ligamentum venosum
fibrous remnant of the fetal ducts venosus;
Shunts blood from the umbilical vein to the IVC
Enumerate the “H” Fissures of the liver
Right Limb:
Anterior Right - Fossa for the Gall Bladder
Posterior Right - Groove for the IVC
Left Limb:
Anterior Left - fissure for ligamentum teres
Posterior Left - fissure for ligamentum venosum
Crossbar of "H": Porta Hepatis, which contains: Common Hepatic Duct Hepatic Artery Hepatic Portal Vein Hepatic Nerve Plexus Lymphatic vessels
What is the significance of the “H” fissure?
It divides the liver into four lobes (R, L, caudal, quadrate).
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The liver is divided into four anatomical lobes.
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The liver is divided into two anatomical lobes and two accessory lobes.
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The R and L lobes do not communicate.
T
Each lobe has own arterial supply, venous drainage, and biliary drainage.
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The caudate lobe is not located in the caudal position.
T
The caudate lobe is not positioned caudally. It is named as such because of the “tail” or the ELONGATED PAPILLARY PROCESS.
What is the function of the elongated papillary process?
It connects the caudate and right lobes of the liver.
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The right and left livers are functionally dependent with one another.
F
The two lobes of the liver are functionally independent.
What are the vessels that supply and drain the liver? What drains the liver contents?
Hepatic artery and Hepatic Portal Vein
Hepatic Duct
What vessels drain and supply the caudate lobe?
The caudate receives blood from branches of both hepatic arteries and is drained by two or three small hepatic veins that enter directly to the IVC.
The liver can be divided into four divisions and into eight surgically resectable hepatic segments. Clinical Significance?
minimize bleeding during hepatic lobectomies and segmentectomies
What encloses the portal triad?
Lesser Omentum
Enumerate and differentiate the the two ligaments of the lesser omentum
Hepatogastric Ligament: connects stomach to liver
Hepatoduodenal Ligament: connects the liver to the duodenum
What are the three main hepatic veins?
Right, Central and Peripheral Hepatic Veins
Aside from the venous drainage, what is the importance of the hepatic veins? (Hint: related to the pathway of the veins)
The connection of the hepatic veins with the IVC helps hold the liver in position.
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The liver is a major lymph-producing organ.
T
How much of the lymph entering the thoracic duct comes from the liver?
1/4 to 1/2
Where does most of the lymph form in the liver and where does it drain?
Most of the lymph form in the perisinusoidal spaces of Disse and it drain to the DEEP LYMPHATICS in the surrounding intralobular portal triads.
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The liver only receives sympathetic fibers.
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The liver receives both sympathetic and parasympathetic fibers via the CELIAC PLEXUS.
What nerves contribute fibers for the innervation of the liver?
L and R vagus and R phrenic nerve
What are the spaces between the diaphragm, transverse colon and transverse mesocolon?
Perihepatic Spaces
What are the two divisions of the perihepatic spaces?
Infrahepatic space
Suprahepatic space
Where is the suprahepatic space located?
between the diaphragm and the liver;
anterosuperior surface of the liver
Where is the infrahepatic space located?
between the visceral surface of the liver and the transverse colon;
inferior surface of the liver
During liver biopsy, through which ICS is the needle inserted in?
right 10th ICS in the midaxillary line
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Before liver biopsy, the patient is asked to hold his/her breathe in .
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Before liver biopsy, the patient is asked to hold his/her breath in full expiration to reduce the costodiaphragmatic recess.
What is one cause of the hepatomegaly?
Congestive heart failure tumor and bacterial/viral disease (e.g hepatitis)
What is a proposed underlying cause of “runner’s stitch”?
Enlargement of the liver + sustained/increased diaphragmatic activity
What is the progressive destruction of hepatocytes and replacement by fat?
Cirrhosis of the liver
What can cause cirrhosis of the liver?
Chronic Alcoholism, Industrial Solvents (e.g. carbon tetrachloride)