Vocab

Question 1

Bare area

Answer 1

Are superior to liver that is not covered by peritoneum os that IVC may enter chest

Question 2

Caudate lobe

Answer 2

Smallest lobe of liver that is situated on the posterosuperior surface of the left lobe; ligamentum verosum is anterior border

Question 3

Epigastrium

Answer 3

Area between left and right hypochondrium

Question 4

Falciform ligament

Answer 4

Extends from umbilicus to the diaphragm in a sagittal plane and contains the ligamentum teres

Question 5

Left hypochondrium

Answer 5

LUQ; Contains left lobe of liver; Branches into anterior and posterior segments

Question 6

Left lobe of liver

Answer 6

Lies in epigastrium and left hypochondium

Question 7

Left portal vein

Answer 7

Supplies the left lobe of liver

Question 8

Ligamentum teres

Answer 8

Appears as bright echogenic foci on transverse image; along with falciform ligament it divides medial and lateral segments of left lobe of liver

Question 9

ligamentum versoum

Answer 9

Seperates left lobe from caudate lobe; shown as echogenic line on transverse and sagittal plane

Question 10

Main lobar fissure

Answer 10

Boundary between the right and left lobes of liver; hyperechoic line on sagittal image ectending from portal vein to the neck of gallbladder

Question 11

Main portal vein

Answer 11

Enters liver at porta hepatis

Question 12

Right hypochondrium

Answer 12

RUQ; contains liver and gallbladder

Question 13

Right lobe of liver

Answer 13

Largest lobe

Question 14

Right Portal Vein

Answer 14

Bright echogenic foci on transverse image; along with falciform ligament, divides medial and lateral segments of the left lobe of liver

Question 15

Alkaline phosphatase

Answer 15

) is elevated when there is hepatic obstruction or liver disease

Question 16

ALT - Alanine aminotransferase

Answer 16

evaluates liver function and elevates mildly with acute cirrhosis & pancreatitis

Is highly elevated with hepatocelluar disease

Question 17

AST - Aspartate aminotransferase

Answer 17

elevated in liver disease patients

demonstrates that there is injury or death to liver cells, thus this enzyme is released into the blood stream

Question 18

Bilirubin

Answer 18

yellow pigment in bile formed by the breakdown of red blood cells

Question 19

BUN - Blood urea nitrogen

Answer 19

Lab measurement of amount of nitrogenous waste and creatinine in blood.

Question 20

Hepatocellular disease

Answer 20

Classification of liver disease where hepatocytes are the primary problem

Question 21

Hepatocyte

Answer 21

Parenchymal liver cell that performs all functions ascribed to the liver

Question 22

HepatoFUGAL

Answer 22

Flow away from liver

Question 23

HepatoPETAL

Answer 23

flow toward the liver

Question 24

hyperglycemia

Answer 24

uncontrolled increase in blood glucose levels

Question 25

hypoglycemia

Answer 25

deficient in blood glucose levels

Which has profound effects on the brain and other organs

Question 26

Liver function test

Answer 26

Specific lab tests that look at liver functions (Aspartate or alanine aminotransferase, lactic acid dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase, and bilirubin)

Question 27

Obstructive disease

Answer 27

Classification of liver disease where main problem is blocked bile excretion within the liver of biliary system

Question 28

Bulls eye (target) lesion

Answer 28

Hypoechoic mass with an echogenic central core (abscess, metastases)

Question 29

Collateral circulation

Answer 29

Develo[es when normal venous channels become obstructed

Question 30

Diffused hepatocellular disease

Answer 30

Affects hepatocytes and interferes with liver fuction

Question 31

Extrahepatic

Answer 31

outside of liver

Question 32

Intrahepatic

Answer 32

within the liver

Question 33

Metastic disease

Answer 33

Most common form of neoplasm of the liver; primarily sites are colon, breast and liver

Question 34

neoplasm

Answer 34

any new growth (benign or malignant)

Question 35

Pyogenic abscess

Answer 35

Pus forming collection of fluid