Lesson 5B (Part 1)

Question 1

At what level is the caval hiatus at?

Answer 1

T8

Question 2

At what level is the IVC still embedded in the liver?

Answer 2

T9

Question 3

What veins are visible at T9? (3)

Answer 3

1. Left hepatic vein
2. Right hepatic vein
3. IVC

Question 4

What part of the stomach is visible at T9?

Answer 4

The fundus

Question 5

What do we see a lot of in T9? What does it look like? (In and CT/MRI)

Answer 5

1. Lot of air
   - due to the lungs
2. Looks black

Question 6

What are the main structures you see at T10? (3)

Answer 6

1. Liver
2. Stomach
3. Spleen

Question 7

What does the falciform ligament do at T10?

Answer 7

It attaches the anterior surface of the liver to the anterior abdominal wall

Question 8

What junction is visible at T10?

Answer 8

EGJ

Question 9

What is touching the diaphragm in T10?

Answer 9

The bare area of the liver

Question 10

What do you also normally see when you see the spleen?

Answer 10

The kidneys

Question 11

What begins to form at T11?

Answer 11

The porta hepatis

Question 12

Where is the portal vein in comparison to the hepatic ducts/arteries?

Answer 12

Its posterior

Question 13

Which is more lateral at T11, the hepatic ducst to the hepatic arteries?

Answer 13

Ducts
- because it is coming from the gallbladder (which is more lateral), where the arteries are coming from the heart (which is more medial)

Question 14

Where does the caudate lobe sit at T11?

Answer 14

1. Anterior to the IVC

2. Posterior to the portal vein

Question 15

In a transverse section through the upper abdomen, what vessels are anterior to the IVC? (2)

Answer 15

1. Portal vein

2. Hepatic vein

Question 16

At T10, what lobe of the liver is between the IVC and the ligamentum venosum?

Answer 16

Caudate lobe

Question 17

From the porta hepatis, which vessel is more posterior, anterior (L/M) and in the middle?

Answer 17

1. Posterior = portal vein
2. Anterior (L) = hepatic ducts
3. Anterior (M) = hepatic artereis

Question 18

At T12 what is the gallbladder inferior to?

Answer 18

The porta hepatis

Question 19

What lays on either side of the quadrate lobe at T12?

Answer 19

1. Gallbladder
2. Ligamentum teres
   - round ligament

Question 20

At what abdominal line does the celiac trunk start to arise from the aorta?

Answer 20

The transpyloric line at T12

Question 21

What part of the pancreas can be seen at T12?

Answer 21

The tail

Question 22

Where is the duodenum compared to the gallbladder at L1/L2?

Answer 22

Medial

Question 23

What 2 things can you see on the pancreas at L1/L2?

Answer 23

1. GDA
   - anterior
2. CBD
   - posterior

Question 24

What forms the portal confluence? (2)

Answer 24

1. SMV

2. Splenic vein

Question 25

Where is the left renal vein in comparison to the aorta?

Answer 25

Anterior

Question 26

Where is the left renal vein compared to the SMA?

Answer 26

Posterior

Question 27

What flexure become evident at L1/L2?

Answer 27

The splenic flexure | - higher up due to the liver pushing the hepatic flexure lower down

Question 28

What side of the body is the descending / ascending colon at?

Answer 28

1. Descending colon = left side | 2. Ascending colon = right side

Question 29

What is between the galbladder and the ligamentum teres, in a transverse section?

Answer 29

The quadrate lobe