The liver

Question 1

remnant of ductus venosus seen as echogenic line separating caudate lobe from the left lobe

Answer 1

ligamentum venosum

Question 2

fissure where the portal vein and hepatic duct exists

Answer 2

porta hepatis

Question 3

tumor marker frequently elevated in cases of hepatocellular carcinoma and certain testicular cancers

Answer 3

AFP

Question 4

anatomic variant in which the right lobe is enlarged and extend inferiorly

Answer 4

reidels lobe

Question 5

bloodflow toward the liver

Answer 5

hematopetal

Question 6

enlarged liver

Answer 6

hematomegly

Question 7

divides the right and the left lobes of the liver; seen in sagittal plane as an ecogenic line between the neck of the gallbladder and the main portal vein

Answer 7

main lobar fissure

Question 8

liver enzyme most specific to hepatocellular damage

Answer 8

ALT

Question 9

yellowish pigmentation of the skin and whites of the eyes caused by increased levels of bilirubin in the blood

Answer 9

jaundice

Question 10

an enzyme found in all tissues but in largest amounts in the liver increases with hematocellular damage

Answer 10

AST

Question 11

remnant of the unbilical vein seen in the trans plane as a triangular echogenic foci dividing the medial and lateral segmants of the left lobe of the liver

Answer 11

ligamentum teres

Question 12

fibroelastic connective tissue layer that surrounds the liver

Answer 12

glisson capsule

Question 13

fold in the peritoneum that extends from the umbilicus to the diaphragm and contains the ligamentum teres

Answer 13

falciform ligament

Question 14

blood flowing away from the liver

Answer 14

hepatofugal

Question 15

what is the normal liver length along the right surface

Answer 15

15-17cm

Question 16

what seperates the left lobe from caudate lobe

Answer 16

ligamentum venosom

Question 17

where does the middle hepatic vein lie

Answer 17

within the main lobar fissure

Question 18

based on the sagittal division of the liver the quadrate lobe is the

Answer 18

medial segment of the left lobe

Question 19

which vessel separates the right anterior segment of the liver from the right posterior segment

Answer 19

rt hepatic vein

Question 20

what vessel is both interlobar and intersegmental

Answer 20

hepatic veins

Question 21

what vessel supplies oxygenated blood to the liver

Answer 21

hepatic artery

Question 22

what functions do the liver preform

Answer 22

formation of bile
production of clotting factors
storage of vitamin A B12 and D