UNIT 3: Abdominal viscera - liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys

Question 1

what ligament splits the liver into right and left lobe? give its attachments

Answer 1

falciform ligament - anterior border attached to anterior abdominal wall and free posterior border to umbilicus
- also splits coronary ligament into left and right subphrenic space

Question 2

describe the lobes/ areas on posterior side of liver

Answer 2

• caudate lobe
• quadrate lobe
• gastric area
• bare area
• renal area
• colic area

Question 3

what forms the portal triad?

Answer 3

bile duct
portal vein
hepatic artery

Question 4

what forms the right/ left sagittal fissures?

Answer 4

right: fossa for gall blaffer/ ligamentum venosarum
left: ligamentum teres/ ligamentum venosarum

Question 5

what are the main features of the gall bladder and structures linked to?

Answer 5

• fundus
• body
• neck
• cystic duct which joins with common hepatic duct to form
• bile duct

Question 6

what are the main features of the pancreas - give any other details

Answer 6

head- follows inner curvature of duodenum- lower part extends to left to form uncinate process (posterior to SMA)
neck - overlies superior mesentric vessels/ hepatic portal vein
body - anterior to splenic vein