Liver

Question 1

4 regions of the liver

Answer 1

right, left, caudate, quadrate

Question 2

2 surfaces of liver

Answer 2

visceral: covered by peritoneum
diaphragmatic: bare area with no peritoneum

Question 3

the ligaments of the liver

Answer 3

right triangular lig.
left triangular lig.
round ligament/ligamentum teres
falciform ligament
coronary ligament

Question 4

what is the porta hepatis

Answer 4

in the liver passage way for
portal vein
the right and left hepatic arteries
the right and left hepatic ducts

Question 5

what is the lesser omentum in context to the liver

Answer 5

2 ligaments
1. hepatongastric lig
2. hepatoduodenal lig

lesser omentum may be subdivided into the larger hepatogastric ligament and the smaller (but thicker) hepatoduodenal ligament. The hepatogastric ligament extends between the liver and stomach.

Question 6

what is the lobule

Answer 6

functional unit of the liver

Question 7

blood supply to the liver

Answer 7

1. celiac trunk
2. common hepatic
3. proper hepatic.
4. left and right hepatic.

Question 8

venous drainage to the liver

Answer 8

portal vein from splenic and superior mesenteric veins, and drains directly into the liver,

hepatic veins (ight hepatic vein (RHV), middle hepatic vein (MHV) and left hepatic vein (LHV)) to the inferior vena cava

Question 9

innervation

Answer 9

hepatic nervous plexus

sympathetic fibers from the celiac plexus and parasympathetic fibers from the anterior and posterior vagal trunks.