Ch 12 Flashcards
(47 cards)
How much does liver weigh
3-4 pounds
Liver located in
Right upper quadrant above right kidney and below 10th rib
What does the liver do
Makes bile that’s stored in the gallbladder
Size/shape of liver
Largest solid organ in the body/ triangular shape
Left major liver lobe
Smaller of majors, separated by falciform ligament
Minor liver lobes
Quadrate lobe is Posterior between gallbladder and falciform ligament. Posterior to that is caudate lobe.
How does bile travel
To gallbladder or directly to duodenum by right/left hepatic duct
Two ducts combine to form
Common hepatic duct
Common hepatic duct turns into
Common bile duct before emptying in duodenum through hepatopancreatic duct
What % of people have separate opening for common bile duct
40%
Length/width/location of common bile duct
7.5 cm long
Width of drinking straw
Superior portion of duodenum & head of pancreas
What does common bile duct connect w/ and empty in
Connects w/ pancreatic duct, empties in descending portion of duodenum
Gallbladder length/width/shape
7-10 cm long
3 cm wide
Pear shape
Distal end of gallbladder sac
Fundus
Main section of gallbladder sac
Body
Narrow proximal end of gallbladder sac
Neck
How much bile is in gallbladder
30-40 cc
Function of gallbladder
Stores bile
Why is bile concentrated
Hydrolysis (remove h2o)
Fatty acids secretes hormone called
Cholecystokinin (cck)
Cystic duct length
3-4 cm long
Spiral folds
Membranous folds along length of cystic duct. Prevents collapse
Gallbladder on asthenic patient
Near level of iliac crest, close to midline. 35-40 degree Lao
Gallbladder sthenic and hypo sthenic
Between xyphoid tip and lower rib, 20-25 degree Lao
