The liver, spleen and pancreas

Question 1

Where is the liver located in the abdomen?

Answer 1

right hypochondrium

Question 2

which part of the liver is retroperitoneal

Answer 2

the bare area

Question 3

what are the main functions of the liver

Answer 3

cleans toxins out of blood
gets ride of old blood cells
makes bile

Question 4

how is the liver supplied with blood

Answer 4

coeliac trunk via common hepatic artery

Question 5

what are the 2 surfaces of the liver

Answer 5

diaphragmatic and visceral

Question 6

which lobe of the liver is bigger, left or right?

Answer 6

right

Question 7

what are the 4 ligaments of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver

Answer 7

falciform
round
coronary
triangular

Question 8

which two other lobes does the right lobe contain

Answer 8

caudate and quadrate

Question 9

which structures enter/ exit the liver at the porta hepatis

Answer 9

hepatic portal vein
hepatic artery
L/R hepatic ducts

Question 10

where does the hepatic portal vein run from and to

Answer 10

from Gi tract to liver

Question 11

what is the purpose of the gall bladder

Answer 11

stores bile

Question 12

where is the gall bladder located

Answer 12

postoinferior surface of the liver, between right and quadrate lobes

Question 13

what are the three parts of the gallbladder

Answer 13

fundus
body
neck

Question 14

describe the biliary tract

Answer 14

left and right hepatic ducts converge to common hepatic duct
this recieves the cystic duct from the gall bladder to form common bile duct
this joins pancratic duct to form hepatopancreatc ampulla

Question 15

in which regions of the abdomen are the pancreas located

Answer 15

epigastric and left hypochondrium

Question 16

is the pancreas anterior or posterior to the stomach

Answer 16

posterior

Question 17

what are the 5 parts of the pancreas

Answer 17

uncinate
head
neck
body
tail

Question 18

which part of the pancreas is retroperitoneal

Answer 18

all except tail

Question 19

which ribs is the spleen protected by

Answer 19

9-11

Question 20

is the spleen intraperitoneal or retroperitoneal

Answer 20

intraperitoneal

Question 21

which part of the aortic trunk supplies the liver,stomach , spleen and pancreas

Answer 21

coeliac trunk

Question 22

what does the splenic artery supply

Answer 22

neck,tail, body of pancreas and spleen

branches= short gastric= fundus of stomach
left gastroepiploic = superior greater curvature of stomach

Question 23

what does the left gastric artery supply

Answer 23

oesophagus and superior less curvature of stomach

Question 24

what does the common hepatic artery/its branches supply

Answer 24

proper hepatic= liver and gallbladder
branch= right gastric= inferior lesser curvature of stomach

gastroduodenal
right gastroepiploic=inferior greater curvature of stomach
superior pancreaticoduodenal= superior of duodenum and head of pancreas

Question 25

Which surfaces of the liver are related to the diaphragm?

Answer 25

anterior,posterior, superior

Question 26

which surfaces of the liver are related to the visceral surface

Answer 26

posteroinferior

Question 27

where is the spleen located

Answer 27

left hypochondrium