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Liver & gallbladder Flashcards

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1
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4 unpaired accessory digestive organs

A

Liver

Gallbladder

Spleen

Pancreas

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2
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Is the liver intraperitoneal or retroperitoneal

What does the liver have low levels of

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INTRAperitoneal

Connective tissue

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3
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Where is the liver located

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RUQ

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4
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What is the liver a major producer of

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Lymph

25-50% of lymph

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5
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What is the largest gland in the body

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Liver

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6
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What does the liver synthesise

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  • Bile
  • AAs
  • Gluconeogenesis
  • Cholesterol
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7
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What does the liver break down

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  • TOXINS
  • Hormones
  • Drugs
  • Ammonia
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8
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What does the liver store

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Glucose

Iron

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9
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Name the 4 anatomical lobes of the liver

What are these functional lobes based on

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  1. Right lobe
  2. Left lobe
  3. Quadrate Lobe
  4. Caudal lobe

Based on blood supply - independent segments can undergo surgical resection

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10
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What is the porta hepatis

Where does the hepatic vein drain

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“hilum” of liver where abdominal structures can enter or leave

Hepatic vein drains posteriorly to IVC - drains blood away from liver but does not pass through the porta hepatis

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11
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Lobes of liver - different views

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Embryological diagram

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13
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What is the ligamentum venosum

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Remnant of ductus venosus

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14
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What are the 3 components of the portal triad

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  1. Common bile duct
  2. Hepatic artery proper
  3. Hepatic portal vein
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Posterior surface of liver - arterial and venous supply

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16
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Where does the common hepatic artery branch from

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Celiac trunk

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17
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When does the common hepatic artery become the hepatic artery proper

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When the gastroduodenal artery branches off to travel inferiorly

18
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Where does the hepatic artery proper branch

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At the PORTA HEPATIS to become the right and left hepatic arteries

19
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Where does the liver receive blood from

A

ARTERIAL

Hepatic arteries - 20-25%

VENOUS

Hepatic portal vein - 75-80%

20
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Where does the hepatic portal vein carry blood to and from

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Carries all nutrients (carried in venous blood) from GIT directly to the liver

21
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What is special about the O2 content in the hepatic portal vein

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Has a slightly higher O2 content than the venous blood in the systemic system

(Blood that has drained from the muscles in lower limb drains into IVC)

22
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When does the hepatic portal vein form

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When the superior mesenteric and splenic veins unite

23
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Venous drainage of the liver

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Hepatic vein drains blood away from liver and back to systemic system

24
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What do the central veins of the liver form

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central veins of liver unite together and drain to form the left, right and middle hepatic veins respectively

25
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What helps to keep the liver in position

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Relationship between hepatic veins and IVC helps to keep liver in position

  • in addition to ligaments of liver
26
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Summary of liver

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27
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What does the gallbladder do

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An organ that stores and concentrates bile

28
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  1. What is bile
  2. Where is it produced
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  1. Bile is a yellow-brown/green fluid that aids in emulsification of fat
  2. Produced by liver - secreted by hepatocytes
29
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What is emulsification

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Breakdown of large fat globules into smaller, uniformly distributed particles prior to being digested by specific enzymes

30
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What do the biliary ducts do

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Convey bile from liver and deposit it into the GIT, specifically into 2nd part of duodenum

31
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What does the biliary system allow

A

BIle to be released intermittently and when needed

32
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Name the 3 parts of the gallbladder

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  1. Fundus
  2. Body
  3. Neck
33
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What is the body of the gallbladder in contact with

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1st part of duodenum

Visceral surface of the liver

34
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What is a special feature of the neck of the gallbladder

A
  • Narrow
  • Mucosa begins to twirl into a spiral fold which acts like a valve in the cystic duct - sometimes called The Spiral Valves of Heister
35
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What happens if the sphincter of the bile duct is closed

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Bile can back up along the common bile duct, travel along the cystic duct and be stored in the bladder (up to 50ml - concentrated through the absorption of water and salts)

36
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Where does the cystic artery branch from

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Right hepatic artery (variable)

37
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Where does the cystic artery travel

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In the cystohepatic triangle - triangle of Calot

38
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Venous drainage of gallbladder

A

Cystic veins drain blood away from the gallbladder

39
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What is the gallbladder in direct contact with

A

Visceral (inferior) surface of the liver and is firmly adhered

40
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Where do most small veins from the body of the gallbladder pass

A

Directly into hepatic sinusoids within liver

41
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Where do most veins around the neck of the gallbladder drain into

A

Hepatic portal vein

42
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Summary of Gallbladder

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