Lopez: Liver Anatomy

Question 1

unintentional weight loss (for over 3 months)
blood in stool
abd pain
What are we thinking?

Answer 1

cancer

Question 2

total bilirubin > _____ to show clinical signs of jaundice

Answer 2

3

Question 3

Answer 3

enlarged colon
calcifications/masses in liver
(liver metastasis)

Question 4

If this is a metastatic cancer, what could be the origin of the primary tumor?

Answer 4

colon

Question 5

5 and 6

Answer 5

5. Quadrate lobe
6. Caudate lobe

Question 6

parts of portal triad

Answer 6

hepatic artery
portal vein
common bile duct

Question 7

directs blood from parts of GI tract to the liver

Answer 7

hepatic portal system

Question 8

to transport nutrient-rich blood to the liver; carries absorbed nutrients, toxins, and other substances directly to the liver for metabolism, detoxification, storage, and other processing before it enters the systemic circulation

Answer 8

hepatic portal system

Question 9

Answer 9

hepatic lobule

Question 10

Answer 10

portal triads on outside
central vein in the middle

Question 11

Answer 11

1. portal vein
2. hepatic artery
3. bile duct

Question 12

Answer 12

hepatocytes

Question 13

Answer 13

sinusoid (with RBC’s in it)

Question 14

this area contains hepatic stellate cells

Answer 14

space of Disse

Question 15

store vitamin A

Answer 15

stellate cells of liver

Question 16

most oxygenated zone

Answer 16

zone 1 (periportal)

Question 17

least oxygenated zone

Answer 17

zone 3 (centrilobular)

Question 18

Answer 18

portal lobule

Question 19

Answer 19

zone 3 (and some of 2)

Question 20

blood flow from central vein

Answer 20

central vein to interlobular veins to hepatic veins to IVC

Question 21

Answer 21

B

Question 22

high frequency of liver metastasis

Answer 22

colon
pancreas
breast
lung

Question 23

blue
red

Answer 23

blue: IVC
red: aorta

Question 24

Ca?

Answer 24

caudate lobe

Question 25

Qa?

Answer 25

Quadrate lobe