Liver

Question 1

Smallest lobe of the liver situated on the posterosuperior surface of the left lobe; the ligamentum venosum is the anterior border

Answer 1

Caudate lobe

Question 2

Separates left lobe from caudate lobe; shown as echogenic line on the transverse and sagittal images

Answer 2

Ligamentum venosum

Question 3

Area superior to the liver that is not covered by peritoneum so that ivc may enter the chest

Answer 3

Bare area

Question 4

Lies is epigastrium and left hypochondrium

Answer 4

Left lobe of liver

Question 5

Largest lobe of liver

Answer 5

Right lobe of liver

Question 6

Boundary b/w the right and left lobes of liver; hyperechoic line on the sagittal image extending from the portal vein to the neck of the gallbladder

Answer 6

Main lobar fissure

Question 7

Extends from the umbilicus to the diaphragm in a sagittal plane and contains the ligamentum teres

Answer 7

Falciform ligament

Question 8

Supplies the left lobe of the liver

Answer 8

Left portal vein

Question 9

Appears as bright echogenic foci on transverse image; along with falciform ligament, it divides medial and lateral segments of the left lobe of the liver

Answer 9

Ligamentum teres

Question 10

Enters the liver at the porta hepatis

Answer 10

Main portal vein

Question 11

Right upper quadrant of the abdomen that contains the liver and gallbladder

Answer 11

Right hypochondrium

Question 12

Supplies the right lobe of the liver; branches into anterior and posterior segments

Answer 12

Right portal vein

Question 13

LUQ of the abdomen that contains the left lobe of the liver, spleen, and stomach

Answer 13

Left hypochondrium

Question 14

Area b/w right and left hypochondrium

Answer 14

Epigastrium

Question 15

Yellow pigment in bile formed by the breakdown of RBC; excreted by liver and stored in the gallbladder

Answer 15

Bilirubin

Question 16

Alanine aminotransferase- enzyme of the liver

Answer 16

ALT

Question 17

Specific laboratory test that look at liver function (aspartate or alanine aminotransferase, lactic acid dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase, and bilirubin)

Answer 17

Liver function tests

Question 18

Aspartate aminotransferase-enzyme of the liver

Answer 18

AST

Question 19

Flow away from the liver

Answer 19

Hepatofugal

Question 20

Flow toward the liver

Answer 20

Hepatopetal

Question 21

Parenchymal liver cell that performs all functions ascribed to the liver

Answer 21

Hepatocyte

Question 22

Uncontrolled increase in blood glucose levels

Answer 22

Hyperglycemia

Question 23

Enzyme of the liver

Answer 23

Alkaline phosphatase

Question 24

Classification of liver disease where hepatocytes are the primary problem

Answer 24

Hepatocellular disease

Question 25

Blood urea nitrogen; laboratory measurement of the amount of nitrogenous waste and creatinine in the blood

Answer 25

BUN

Question 26

Classification of liver disease where the main problem is blocked bile excretion within the liver or biliary system

Answer 26

Obstructive disease

Question 27

Deficiency in blood glucose levels

Answer 27

Hypoglycemia

Question 28

Outside the liver

Answer 28

Extrahepatic

Question 29

Hypoechoic mass with an echogenic central core (abscess, metastasis)

Answer 29

Bull's-eye (target) lesion

Question 30

Any new growth (benign or malignant)

Answer 30

Neoplasm

Question 31

Within the liver

Answer 31

Intrahepatic

Question 32

Most common form of neoplasm of the liver; primary sites are colon, breast, and lung

Answer 32

Metastatic disease

Question 33

Affects hepatocytes and interferes with liver function

Answer 33

Diffuse hepatocellular disease

Question 34

Pus-forming collection of fluid

Answer 34

Pyogenic abscess

Question 35

Develops when normal venous channels become obstructed

Answer 35

Collateral circulation

Question 36

Sign and symptoms of inflammatory disease of liver

Answer 36

Fever, elevated WBC, RUQ pain

Question 37

New growth of new tissue, benign or malignant

Answer 37

Neoplasm

Question 38

Benign, congenital tumor consisting of large,blood filled cystic spaces

Answer 38

Hemangioma

Question 39

Pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma is related to what

Answer 39

Cirrhosis, chronic hep b, hepatocarcinogens of food

Question 40

Pathologic patterns seen in carcinoma of the liver

Answer 40

Solitary massive tumor, multiple nodules, diffuse infiltrative masses in the liver

Question 41

Liver is the third most common organ injured in the abdomen after which other two

Answer 41

Spleen and kidney

Question 42

Complications of liver transplant seen on ultrasound

Answer 42

Rejection, thrombosis or leak, biliary stricture or leak, infection, neoplasia

Question 43

Increased portal venous pressure or hepatic venous gradient

Answer 43

Portal hypertension

Question 44

Color Doppler velocity is dependent on

Answer 44

Velocity and angle and direction of flow

Question 45

Acute abdominal pain, massive ascites, and hepatomegaly secondary to thrombosis of the hepatic veins or IVC is characteristic of what

Answer 45

Budd-Chiari syndrome