Week 3

Question 1

what is posterior to the lesser omentum?

Answer 1

the omental foramen of winslow

Question 2

what vein is embeded in the liver

Answer 2

inferior vena cava

Question 3

is the right costal surface eounded or sharp

Answer 3

rounded

Question 4

what joint is the uppper margin of the liver almost level with?

Answer 4

the xiphisternal joint

Question 5

where is the fundus of the gall gladder normally located?

Answer 5

at the tip of the right ninth costal cartilage

Question 6

how is the common hepatic duct formed?

Answer 6

by the convergence of the right and left hepatic duct

Question 7

what is ERCP Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Answer 7

a diagnostic and therapeutic imaging procedure that
combined the use of a flexible endoscope and X-rays to visualise the biliary and pancreatic duct networks.A thin
catheter is passed through the endoscope and inserted through the hepatopancreatic ampulla (of Vater) into the
pancreatic and common bile ducts.A radiological contrast medium is injected into these ducts (in an opposite
direction to the normal flow of bile/pancreatic fluid – hence the term ‘retrograde’), and x-rays are taken.

Question 8

where does the upper margin of the liver travel to

Answer 8

upper margin of the liver is almost level with the xiphisternal joint. On the left side, it reaches
the fifth costal cartilageand then curves down to its right border, between the seventh and
eleventh ribs in the midaxillary line.

Question 9

where does the lower margin of the liver travel to

Answer 9

The inferior border is along a line which joins the left upper
and right lower points.

Question 10

what is the inferior border

Answer 10

is along a line which joins the left upper

and right lower points