Jaundice lecture Flashcards
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What is Jaundice?
yellowing of skin and sclera due to increase build up of bilirubin in the blood levels
What is bilirubin?
normal by-product of breakdown of red blood cells
what is the biliary tree?
set of tubes connecting the liver to 2nd part of duodenum
What is bile important for?
normal absorption of fats from small intestine
Pancreas secretes digestive enzymes. Why?
necessary for digestion of food
Where is portal triad found?
free edge of lesser omentum
3 important tubes in portal triad?
Hepatic artery
Hepatic portal vein
Common bile duct
Celiac trunk - what vertebral level?
T12
Celiac supplies which part of the gut?
Foregut
Celiac trunk bifurcates into which branches?
Splenic artery
Hepatic artery
Left Gastric artery
Celiac trunk is retroperitoneal. True or False
True
What is the hematological function of the spleen?
Breaks down red blood cells to produce bilirubin
Which ribs protect the spleen?
9-11
Which arteries run along lesser curvature of stomach?
Right and left gastric arteries
Anastomose together too
Which arteries run along greater curvature of stomach?
Right and left gastro-omental arteries
What are the blood supplies to the liver?
Hepatic portal vein - main 70%
Hepatic arteries - left and right
Liver has dual blood supply. True or False
True
4 lobes of liver
Left
Right
Caudate
Quadrate
What does central vein do?
collects ‘cleaned’ blood and drains into hepatic veins
Where is the hepatorenal recess(Morison’s pouch)
between back of liver and kidney
Where is subphrenic recess?
between to of liver liver and diaphragm
What is peritonitis?
collection of pus in the recesses causing abscess foratiom
What does the hepatic portal vein do?
drain blood from all parts of the gut to the liver for first pass metabolism (cleaning)
What does Splenic vein do?
drains blood from foregut to hepatic portal vein
