Pancreas, Liver, Gallbladder Flashcards
Ventral Pancreatic Duct of foregut
forms most of the head and uncinate process
Dorsal Pancreatic Duct of foregut
forms remainder of head, body and tail
What will be compressed when there is a tumor in the uncinate process
SMA
Blood suppls of Pancreas
- superior pancreaticoduodenal artery - gastroduodenal artery - hepatic artery - celiac artery
- inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery - SMA
- pancreatic arteries - splenic artery
Venous drainage of pancreas
pancreatic veins which are tributaries of splenic and sMV
most common location of pancreatic cancer
head
pancreatic cancer that causes portal or IVC obstruction
neck and body
What structures are removed in a pancreaticoduodenectomy (whipple’s procedure)
- head of pancreas
- duodenum
- gall bladder
- common bileduct
- distal part of stomach
Location of ligamentum teres
between left lobe and quadrate lobe
location of ligamentum venosum
between left lobe and caudate lobe
Remant of umbilical vein
ligamentum teres/ round ligament
remnant of umbilical artery
mediaL umbilical ligament
remnant of ductus venosus
ligamentumm venosum
remnant of foramen ovale
fossa ovalis
remnant of urachus
mediaN umbilical ligament