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Liver, gall bladder, biliary tree and pancreas Flashcards

1
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What is the largest gland in the human body?

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The liver

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What areas does the liver occupy?

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  • Lies across upper abdomen under the diaphragm; in the right hypochondrium and most of epigastric region
  • Surrounded by peritoneum except the bare area (related to diaphragm posteriorly)
  • Should not be palpable below costal margin at mid-clavic plane
  • Descends with inspiration
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Where does the liver develop?

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  • Ventral mesentary

- Anterior to stomach / gut tube

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What is the smallest functional unit of the liver?

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Hepatic lobule

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5
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What do sinusoids lie between?

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Sheets of hepatocytes

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6
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What do hepatocytes do?

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  • Produce bile

- Detoxify blood

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7
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What are the 2 surfaces of the liver?

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  • Diaphragmatic (bare area on this surface)

- Visceral (related to organs)

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What are the 4 lobes of the liver?

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  • Left
  • Right
  • Caudate (belong to left)
  • Quadrate (belong to left)
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9
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How are the caudate and quadrate lobes deemed distinct?

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Functional / vascular distribution point of view

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What structures lie on the visceral side of the liver?

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  • Stomach
  • Duodenum
  • Kidney
  • Colon
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11
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What ligament seperates the left from the right lobes anteriorly?

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Falciform ligament

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12
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What seperates the left lobe from right functionally?

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  • Line from vena cava to gall bladder
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What is the falciform ligament a remnant of?

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Ventral mesentary

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What lies in the free border of the falciform ligament?

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Ligamentum teres

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What are the 2 peritoneal layers continous with?

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  • Coronary (ant + post)

- Triangular ligaments (L + R) on the undersurface of the diaphragm

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16
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What does the falciform ligament anchor the liver to?

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Anterior abdominal wall

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17
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What part of the liver does the peritoneum cover?

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The anterior aspect of the diaphragmatic surface

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18
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What is the lesser omentum a remnant of?

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The ventral mesentary

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19
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What is the ligamentum teres (round ligament of liver) a remnant of?

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The obliterated umbilical vein

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What does the falciform ligament divide into?

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Coronary ligaments which then form triangular ligaments

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What is the ligamentum venosum a remnant of?

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The ductus venosus

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22
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How many segements are there in the liver?

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  • 8 (4 on each lobe)
  • ## Caudate and quadrate considered Left
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23
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What makes each segemnt distinct?

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  • Own vascular (hepatic artery and portal vein) inflow
  • Vascular outflow (hepatic vein)
  • Biliary drainage - Each segment can be surgically removed
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What is the hepatic artery proper a branch of?

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Coeliac trunk

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25
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What does the hepatic artery proper divide into?

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Right and left hepatic arteries that enter the porta hepatis

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What does the portal vein divide into?

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Right and left branches that enter the porta hepatis behind the arteries

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27
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Where do the hepatic veins (3 or more) wmerge from and where do they drain?

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  • Emerge from posterior surface of the liver and drain into the inferior vena cava
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28
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What does porta hepatis mean?

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The gate of the liver

29
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How much lymph does the liver produce?

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~ 33 - 50 %

30
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How is the lymph spread from the liver?

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LEave the liver and enter several lymph nodes in the porta hepatis. The efferent vessels pass to the hepatic -> coeliac nodes

31
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Where can lymph from the bare area go to?

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The diaphragm and follow the drainage from the diaphragm

Cancer can spread this way into the thrax

32
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How can retrograde tumour spread cause jaundice?

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Retrograde spread srom coeliac nodes may involve the hepatic nodes in the porta hepatis and obstruct the bile ducts causing jaundice

33
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What is the sympathetic supply of the liver?

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  • Coeliac plexus (from foregut therefore greater splanchnic nerve, T5-9)
34
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What is the parasympathetic nerve supply to the liver?

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Anterior vagal trunk gives rise to a large parasympathetic hepatic branch that passes directly to the liver

35
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What is the gallbladder?

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  • Muscular sac in a shallow depression on the visceral surface of the right lobe of the liver
  • Stores and concentrates bile produced by the liver
36
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What are the 3 parts of the gall bladder?

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Fundus, body and neck

37
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Where is the fundus of the gallbladder located?

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  • Murphy’s point
  • Right mid-clavic line crosses costal margin
  • Tip of right 9th costal cartilage
  • Linea semilunaris crosses the right costal margin
38
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What does a positive murphy’s sign indicate?

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Acute cholecystitis (5F/6F disease)

39
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What is the blood supply of the gall bladder?

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  • Cystic artery (branch of right hepatic artery) (high variation)
40
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What is the venous drainage of the gall bladder?

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Cystic vein which drains directly into portal vein

41
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What is the lymph drainage of the gallbladder?

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  • Cystic lymph node situated near the gallbladder neck

- Lymph passes to the hepatic nodes along the course of the hepatic artery proper and then into coeliac nodes

42
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What is the nerve supply of the gallbladder?

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  • Sympathetic (T5-9) G splanchnic

- Parasympathetic vagal fibres from the coeliac plexus

43
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How long is the cystic duct?

44
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What are the spiral folds in the neck of gallbladder and cystic duct called?

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Spiral valves (of Heister)

45
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What is the common bile duct (ductus choledochus) formed from?

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Cystic duct and common hepatic duct (which is itself derived from the right and left hepatic ducts)

46
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What does the common bile duct run in?

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Hepatoduodenal ligament (portal triad)

47
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How large is the common bile duct in diameter?

48
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What does the common bile duct join with?

A

Main pancreatic duct at the hepatopancreatic ampulla (of Vater) before entering into the 2nd (descending) part of the duodenum at major duodenal papilla

49
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Where is the Sphincter of Oddi located?

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Around the final part of the common bile duct

50
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Where is the major duodenal papilla?

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2nd part of duodenum

51
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Where is pain from the gallbladder referred to?

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  • Epigastrum (T7-9)
  • If adjacent peritoneum is involved, pain may be referred to the right shoulder by the phrenic nerve (C3, 4, 5, supraclavicular nevre)
52
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Where does the pancreas lie in relation to the peritoneum?

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  • Secondarily retroperitoneal (except its tail)
53
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Where does the pancreas lie in relation to other organs?

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  • Lies across the epigastrum close to major vessels

- Extends from the duodenum to the hilum of the spleen

54
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Name the areas of the pancreas

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  • Head, neck, body, tail and uncinate process
  • Head lies in duodenal arch
  • Uncinate process extends posterior to the superior mesenteric vessels
55
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What can carcinoma of the head of pancreas obstruct?

A

Common bile duct (causing painless jaundice)

56
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Where does the main pancreatic duct begin?

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Tail of pancreas

57
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Where does the main pancreatic duct join the common bile duct?

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Hepatopancreatic ampulla (of Vater)

58
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Where does it open into the duodenum?

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Major duodenal papilla

59
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How many components does the Sphincter of Oddi have around the ducts and what are they called?

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3

  • Bile duct and sphincter
  • Hepatopancreatic ampulla and sphincter
  • Main pancreatic duct and sphincter
60
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What are the 2 major souces of arterial blood to the pancreas?

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  • Coeliac runk

- Superior mesenteric artery

61
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How does blood from the coeliac trunk reach the pancreas?

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  • Coeliac trunk ->
  • Splenic artery ->
  • Dorsal and greater pancreatic arteries
  • Coeliac trunk ->
  • Common hepatic artery ->
  • Gastroduodenal artery ->
  • Superior pancreatico-duodenal aa
62
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What artery derived from the superior mesenteric artery supplies blood to the pancreas?

A

Inferior pancreatico-duodenal aa.

63
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What part of the pancreas contains a rich anastomosis?

64
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What do the veins of the pancreas eventually drain into?

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Hepatic portal vein

65
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Describe the lymph drainage of the pancreas

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  • Lymph nodes are situated along the arteries that supply the pancreas
  • Efferent lymph vessels drain into the coeliac and superior mesenteric lymph nodes
66
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What is the nerve supply of the pancreas?

A
  • Sympathetics come from T7-9 along the arteries

- Parasympathetics from vagus

67
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Where is the trans-pyloric plane located?

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  • Midway between the suprasternal/jugular notch and the superior border of the pubic symphysis
  • Corresponds to a plane that is midway between the xiphisternal joint and the umbilicus
  • Intersects with the L1 vertebra and the costal margin of the 9th CC
68
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What structures lie at the trans-pyloric plane?

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  • Fundus of gallbladder
  • Pylorus of stomach
  • Neck of pancreas
  • 1st superior part of duodenum
  • Hilum of kidney (right lower than left)
  • Duodenojejunal flexure
  • Termination of spinal cord at L1/2
  • Origin of superior mesenteric artery
  • Formation of portal vein

MD3002 Anatomy (14 decks)

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