W4 Liver, Stomach, Spleen & Pancreas

Question 1

What is the largest internal organ in the body

Answer 1

liver

Question 2

Where does the liver mainly lie

Answer 2

right hypochondrium, close to the diaphargm

Question 3

What protects the liver

Answer 3

rib cage

Question 4

How many lobes does the liver have

Answer 4

4

Question 5

What is the largest lobe of the liver

Answer 5

right lobe

Question 6

What is the liver a derivative of

Answer 6

embryonic foregut

Question 7

Where does the liver receive its blood from

Answer 7

coeliac trunk

Question 8

What does 70% of the blood supply to the liver come from

Answer 8

hepatic portal vein

Question 9

Describe 70% of the blood arriving at the liver

Answer 9

nutrient rich venous blood

Question 10

What a function of the liver (bile)

Answer 10

synthesises and secretes bile into the duodenum

Question 11

How does the liver secrete bile into the duodenum

Answer 11

through the common bile duct

Question 12

Where does the quadrate lobe of the liver sit

Answer 12

lower visceral surface, between gall bladder and fossa

Question 13

Where does the caudate lobe of the liver sit

Answer 13

upper visceral surface, between inferior vena cava and fossa

Question 14

What is the bare area of the liver

Answer 14

change in texture on posterior surface, where coronary ligaments have pealed back

Question 15

What is the function of the triangular ligaments

Answer 15

attach the left and right lobes to the diaphragm

Question 16

What is the function of the falciform ligament

Answer 16

divides left and right lobes

Question 17

What type of structure is the gall bladder

Answer 17

intraperitoneal

Question 18

What is the function of the gall bladder

Answer 18

concentrate and store bile

Question 19

Where does the gall bladder lie

Answer 19

right hypochondrial region of the abdomen

Question 20

What is the function of the vena cava in reference to the liver

Answer 20

takes blood from the liver back to the heart

Question 21

What is the function of the hepatic artery

Answer 21

supplies non-parenchymal structures of liver with blood

Question 22

What is the hepatic artery derived from

Answer 22

coeliac trunk

Question 23

What is the dominant blood supply of the liver

Answer 23

hepatic portal vein

Question 24

What does the hepatic portal vein allow the liver to perform

Answer 24

detoxification

Question 25

What is the function of the hepatic veins

Answer 25

collect venous blood

Question 26

What do the hepatic veins drain into

Answer 26

vena cava

Question 27

What is the function of the hepatic duct

Answer 27

drain bile from the liver

Question 28

What is the function of the coronary ligament

Answer 28

suspend liver from the diaphragm

Question 29

What is the function of the cystic duct

Answer 29

connect gall bladder to hepatic duct

Question 30

What is the function of the porta hepatis

Answer 30

separates the caudate and quadrate lobes

Question 31

Describe the porta hepatis

Answer 31

deep transverse fissure

Question 32

At what level does the oesophagus penetrate the diaphragm

Answer 32

T10

Question 33

What are the four regions of the stomach

Answer 33

cardiac, pylorus, body and fundus

Question 34

What regions of the stomach serve as a reservoir for food

Answer 34

fundus and body

Question 35

What region does the oesophagus enter the stomach

Answer 35

cardiac

Question 36

Where is the food broken down into chyme

Answer 36

pyloric antrum

Question 37

What is the function of the pyloric sphincter

Answer 37

separate stomach from duodenum

Question 38

What nerve supply does the stomach receive

Answer 38

vagus nerve

Question 39

Where does the vagus nerve enter the abdomen

Answer 39

either side of the oesophagus

Question 40

Describe the sympathetic innervation of the stomach

Answer 40

coeliac plexus supplies the stomach with sympathetic fibers

Question 41

What does the coeliac plexus surround

Answer 41

root of coeliac trunk

Question 42

How many arteries supply the stomach

Answer 42

4

Question 43

What arteries supply the lesser curvature of the stomach

Answer 43

right and left gastric

Question 44

What arteries supply the greater curvature of the stomach

Answer 44

right and left gastro-epiploic

Question 45

What are rugae

Answer 45

folds to increase surface area

Question 46

Where are rugae mainly found

Answer 46

body of the stomach

Question 47

What do rugae aid

Answer 47

churn up of food

Question 48

Where does the pancreas lie

Answer 48

posterior abdominal wall behind the stomach

Question 49

What are the regions of the pancreas

Answer 49

head, neck, body, tail and uncinate process

Question 50

Where does the body of the pancreas lie

Answer 50

left of the midline

Question 51

What does the tail of the pancreas reach

Answer 51

hilium of the spleen

Question 52

What blood vessels supply the pancreas

Answer 52

branches of the coeliac artery - splenic artery

Question 53

Where does the pancreas receive additional blood supply from

Answer 53

Superior mesenteric artery

Question 54

Where does the head of the pancreas sit

Answer 54

curve of the duodenum

Question 55

Where does the aorta and vena cava pass in reference to the pancreas

Answer 55

posteriorly to the head

Question 56

Where does the spleen lie

Answer 56

left hypochondrium, mid axillary line adjacent to 9th and 11th ribs

Question 57

What is a unique characteristic of the spleen

Answer 57

notched anterior border

Question 58

What supplies the spleen with blood

Answer 58

splenic artery

Question 59

What vein does the splenic vein join onto

Answer 59

inferior mesenteric vein

Question 60

What are splenic nodules

Answer 60

common non cancerous lesions found in the spleen - clotted blood

Question 61

What is the portal triad composed of

Answer 61

hepatic artery, hepatic vein, bile ductule