ANAT GIT - Week 6 (incl. Workbook)

Question 1

Which vessel, aorta or IVC, is more anterior and where?

Answer 1

IVC is more anterior until the umbilicus, where the aorta becomes more anterior.

Question 2

What separates R and L lobes of the liver?

Answer 2

Falciform ligament.

Question 3

What separates caudate and quadrate lobes of the liver?

Answer 3

IVC & GB.

Question 4

Define ‘portal-systemic anastomosis’

Answer 4

Vascular anomalies that connect portal circulation with the systemic circulation - diverting portal blood away from the liver.

Question 5

What is portal hypertension?

Answer 5

Increased pressure in the portal vein.

Question 6

Potential complications of portal hypertension

Answer 6

Increased pressure = increased chance of rupture, ascites…

Question 7

What structure does the median arcuate ligament arch over?

Answer 7

Aorta.

Question 8

3 sites of typical ureter constriction.

Answer 8

Pelvico-ureteric junction, crossing of the pelvic blum, entry into bladder wall.

Question 9

From where does the SMA erupt (i.e., what lies superiorly & inferiorly).

Answer 9

SMA erupts under the inferior border of the pancreas and above the L renal vein.