Liver

Question 0

Which two ligaments make up the lesser omentum?

Answer 0

hepatoduodenal & hepatgastric

Question 1

Through which ligament does the MPV travel?

Answer 1

hepatoduodenal ligament

Question 2

Which portion of the liver receives both right and left PV branches?

Answer 2

caudate lobe

Question 3

What is the inferior boundary of the caudate lobe?

Answer 3

MPV

Question 4

Coinaud’s liver segment 6

Answer 4

right posterior inferior

Question 5

Which Coinaud’s segment of the liver is posterior and lateral to the right HV?

Answer 5

Segment 7

Question 6

What is the functional unit of the liver?

Answer 6

lobule

Question 7

What are the three vessels found in a portal triad?

Answer 7

portal vein, bile duct, hepatic artery

Question 8

ALT, aka

Answer 8

SGPT

Question 9

SGPT, aka

Answer 9

ALT

Question 10

A patient presents to the department for a liver biopsy. While reviewing the chart, you note an INR of 1.3. What is your next step?

Answer 10

bring the lab results to the attention of the radiologist - too high for this procedure, but radiologist overseeing the procedure must make the call

Question 11

What form of bilirubin is water soluble?

Answer 11

conjugated

Question 12

What pigment is a byproduct of RBC breakdown

Answer 12

bilirubin

Question 13

Is unconjugated bilirubin toxic or non-toxic?

Answer 13

toxic

Question 15

List three functions of the liver

Answer 15

detoxifies blood, produces heat from chemical reactions, stores up to 400 mL of blood, produces 1/3-1/2 of the body’s lymph fluid

Question 16

midclavicular liver measurement from diaphragm to inferior edge

Answer 16

< or = 15.5 cm

Question 17

AP liver measurement midway through the organ

Answer 17

8.1 cm + or - 1.9 cm

Question 18

caudate-Rt lobe ratio

Answer 18

< 0.65

Question 19

Rt lobe-Lt lobe ratio

Answer 19

Rt lobe 2-3 times larger than Lt lobe

Question 20

Reidel’s lobe

Answer 20

normal inferior extension of Rt lobe past the lower pole of the RK

Question 21

What structure is the anatomical division of Rt & Lt lobes of the liver?

Answer 21

Falciform ligament

Question 22

What structures border the quadrate lobe?

Answer 22

porta hepatis inferiorly, GB fossa & ligamentum teres laterally

Question 23

What structures border the caudate lobe?

Answer 23

IVC posteriorly, ligamentum venosum anteriorly, main portal vein inferiorly

Question 24

What structure is the functional division of Rt & Lt lobes of the liver?

Answer 24

main lobar fissure

Question 25

Which structures course through the main lobar fissure?

Answer 25

MHV superiorly, imaginary line btwn GB fossa & IVC

Question 26

What structure is the functional division of Rt anterior and posterior segments in the liver?

Answer 26

right intersegmental fissure

Question 27

Which structures course through the right intersegmental fissure?

Answer 27

RHV superiorly, RPV inferiorly

Question 28

Which vessel courses within the right posterior liver segment?

Answer 28

posterior branch of RPV

Question 29

Which vessel courses within the right anterior liver segment?

Answer 29

anterior branch of RPV

Question 30

What structure is the functional division of Lt lateral and medial segments in the liver?

Answer 30

left intersegmental fissure

Question 31

Which structures course through the left intersegmental fissure?

Answer 31

LHV superiorly, ascending portion of the LPV mid-superiorly, ligamentum teres inferiorly

Question 32

Which vessel courses within the left lateral liver segment?

Answer 32

lateral branch of LPV

Question 33

Which vessel courses within the left medial liver segment?

Answer 33

medial branch of LPV

Question 34

What three vessels course through the hepatoduodenal ligament?

Answer 34

MPV, HA, CBD

Question 35

What is the posterior boundary of the caudate lobe?

Answer 35

IVC

Question 36

What is the anterior boundary of the caudate lobe?

Answer 36

ligamentum venosum & teres

Question 37

caudate process of caudate lobe

Answer 37

right oblique extension btwn IVC & MPV

Question 38

papillary process of caudate lobe

Answer 38

inferior extension along ligamentum venosum, above porta hepatis

Question 39

relationship of CBD & HA to MPV

Answer 39

anterior

Question 40

Where is Glisson's capsule thickest?

Answer 40

porta hepatis & IVC

Question 41

What accompanies the portal triad for a short distance into the liver?

Answer 41

Glisson's capsule

Question 42

anterior boundary of the epiploic foramen

Answer 42

hepatoduodenal ligament

Question 43

What fetal remnant courses through the falciform ligament?

Answer 43

umbilical vein

Question 44

Where does the remnant of the umbilical vein course?

Answer 44

through the falciform ligament

Question 45

path of falciform ligament

Answer 45

from umbilicus, along anterior aspect of the liver to the superior edge, attaching liver to diaphragm

Question 46

round ligament, aka

Answer 46

ligamentum teres

Question 47

ligamentum teres, aka

Answer 47

round ligament

Question 48

What fetal remnant comprises the ligamentum teres?

Answer 48

umbilical vein

Question 49

path of the ligamentum teres

Answer 49

along inferior aspect of left lobe of liver

Question 50

What fetal remnant comprises the ligamentum venosum?

Answer 50

ductus venosum

Question 51

path of the ligamentum venosum

Answer 51

anterior border of caudate

Question 52

components of the coronary ligaments of the liver

Answer 52

right and left triangular ligaments

Question 53

location of coronary ligaments

Answer 53

border the bare area

Question 54

purpose of coronary ligaments

Answer 54

connect the posterosuperior surface of the liver to the diaphragm

Question 55

relationship of the falciform ligament and the coronary ligments

Answer 55

continuous along superior aspect of the liver