Week 10 - Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas & Spleen

Question 1

Aside from the epigastrium and the right upper quadrant, name two other areas where pain from an inflamed gallbladder may be experienced?

Answer 1

Gallbladder pain can irritate the diaphragm so can radiate to the tip of the right shoulder & neck & around the ribcage to the back

Question 2

Posterior to the neck of the pancreas, the portal vein is formed by the union of which two veins?

Answer 2

Superior mesenteric & splenic veins

Question 3

The cystic artery, found within Calot’s (hepatocystic) triangle, provides arterial supply to the gallbladder. What are the borders of Calot’s triangle?

• a) Inferior surface of the liver, cystic duct, and common hepatic duct
• b) Left hepatic duct, right hepatic duct, and inferior surface of the liver
• c) Cystic duct, portal vein, and inferior surface of the liver
• d) Inferior surface of the liver, cystic duct, and common bile duct
• e) Diaphragm, diaphragmatic surface of the liver, anterior abdominal wall

Answer 3

Question 4

All the following are true in relation to the falciform ligament, except:

• a) Attaches to the anterior abdominal wall
• b) Attaches to the diaphragm
• c) Contains the ligamentum teres
• d) Divides anatomically the left and right lobes of the liver
• e) Composed of a double-layered fold of peritoneum

Answer 4

= b) Attaches to the diaphragm = FALSE

The Right & left triangular ligaments and the coronary ligaments attach the liver to the diaphragm

Question 5

From which artery does the right gastroepiploic artery arise?

• a) Common hepatic artery
• b) Splenic artery
• c) Superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
• d) Gastroduodenal artery
• e) Proper hepatic artery

Answer 5

the right gastroepiploic (gastro-omental) artery arises from:

d) the gastroduodenal artery