Liver and pancreas Flashcards
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What kind of gland is the liver?
Exocrine gland
Does the liver have endocrine or exocrine function?
Both but mainly exocrine
What is the endocrine function of the liver?
Production of thrombin
Why does the liver move during respiration?
Due to its relationship with the diaphragm
What kind of the organ is the liver?
A solid organ
Name of the capsule of the liver
Glisson’s capsule
What is the capsule of solid organs made of?
Fibrous tissue
Which surfaces of the liver can be grouped as the diaphragmatic surface?
The superior, anterior and right
Which surfaces of the liver can be grouped as the visceral surface?
Inferior
Aside from the capsule, what covers the liver?
The peritoneal
What is the area called which is not covered by the peritoneal and is in direct contact with he diaphragm?
The bare area
4 lobes of the liver
The left lobe
The right lobe
The caudate lobe
The quadrate lobe
Which is the biggest lobe of the liver?
The right
What does the porta hepatis of the liver correspond with?
The hilum
What attaches the liver to the diaphragm?
Coronary ligament
What separates the right lobe from the quadrate lobe?
The gallbladder
What separates the right lobe from the caudate lobe?
The inferior vena cava
Where does the round ligament go?
From umbilicus to the falciform ligament and left sagittal fissure
Where does the round ligament derive from?
The umbilical vein
Where does the ligamentum venous derive from?
Ductus venus
Different name of the 2 lesser omentum
Hepatogastric ligament
Hepatoduodenal ligament
Which part of the lesser omentum is thicker and why?
The hepatoduodenal ligament because of the vessels running inside
What is the microscopic functional unit of the liver?
Hepatic lobule
What borders lobules?
Delicate connective tissue septa (arrows) where branches of the hepatic portal vein, artery and bile duct runs