Liver, Spleen, and Pancreas Podcasts

Question 1

the liver is the most _____ organ in the abdominal cavity, and it is the _____ gland in the body

Answer 1

cranial

largest

Question 2

the main product of the liver is

Answer 2

bile

Question 3

the gallbladder is found between which two lobes of the liver?

Answer 3

the quadrate lobe and the right medial lobe

Question 4

the liver is fixed in the abdominal cavity via what structures?

Answer 4

right and left triangular ligament

coronary ligament

falciform ligament

Question 5

the coronary ligament surrounds the _____ and _____

Answer 5

vena cava

esophagus

Question 6

the parietal surface faces the _____, is smooth and domed looking

the visceral surface faces the _____, is concave

Answer 6

diaphragm

stomach and intestines

Question 7

the ____artery and the ____vein are the main blood supply for the liver?

Answer 7

hepatic

portal

Question 8

what does portal circulation refer to?

Answer 8

blood is being delivered to 2 capillary beds: capillary bed into the venous system, then into a second capillary system before returning to central circulation

in this case, the abdominal viscera is the first capillary bed, and the second capillary bed is the liver which exposes the blood to hepatocytes which drains back to the vena cava

Question 9

the portal vein enters the visceral surface at the ____

Answer 9

porta

Question 10

the falciform and round ligament attach what structures? How do they differ?

Answer 10

the ventral liver to the floor of the abdomen

the falciform ligament goes over the parietal surface, and the round ligament will dive deeply between the left medial and the quadrate lobe

Question 11

the gallbladder empties into the _____ which goes to the _____ onto the _____

Answer 11

bile duct

duodenum

major duodenal papillae

Question 12

in the dog, the caudate lobe is in contact with____ and the ___ is buried into the caudate lobe. in pigs, the _____ does not make contact with the caudate lobe

Answer 12

the roof of the abdomen

right kidney

right kidney

Question 13

in pigs, the ____lobe is smaller and tucked up higher

Answer 13

quadrate

Question 14

in ____, the liver is lifted off the floor of the abdomen

Answer 14

horses

Question 15

which species do not have a gallbladder?

Answer 15

horses, rats, and cervids

Question 16

____ have a left laterial and a left medial lobe, but there is just a right lobe, it is not split into lateral and medial

Answer 16

horses

Question 17

in cattle, the liver sits directly on top of the ____. It comes in contact with what 3 structures?

Answer 17

omasum

omasum, reticulum, and cranial pole of right kidney

Question 18

as the stomach gets bigger, the liver tends to move in a _____ direction

Answer 18

counter-clockwise

Question 19

in ____, there is no left medial and left lateral lobe, there is only a left lobe. the left lobe is divided from the quadrate lobe by the ____. there is also just one right lobe, and it is divided from the quadrate by the ____

Answer 19

cattle

round ligament

gallbladder

Question 20

how does the blood supply to the spleen differ in species?

Answer 20

in ruminants, there is a hilus, but in other species it is distributed on the visceral surface

Question 21

in the horse spleen, the portion between the spleen and the stomach is called the

Answer 21

gastrosplenic ligament referring to the greater omentum between the spleen and stomach

Question 22

the renalsplenic ligament connects the

Answer 22

spleen with the kidney

Question 23

what is the name of the structure that connects the diaphragm to the spleen?

Answer 23

the phrenicosplenic ligament

Question 24

the spleen in ruminants is separated from the

Answer 24

greater omentum

Question 25

which animals have a muscular spleen capsule?

Answer 25

horses, carnivores

weaker in ruminants

Question 26

in the dog, the left lobe of the pancreas is located close to the ____

Answer 26

cranial mesenteric artery and the caudal vena cava

Question 27

there are ___ outlets or ducts going to the duodenum from the pancreas. the first duct opens on the _____, called the ____, which is the same duct that the ____ opens up on

the second duct opens on the ____, called the ____, which is the one that is ALWAYS there and is the main pancreatic duct for dogs

Answer 27

2

major duodenal papilla

pancreatic duct

common bile duct

minor duodenal papilla

accessory pancreatic duct

Question 28

in ____, there is only 1 duct exiting the pancreas, the _____

Answer 28

cows

accessory duct