05.2 Liver, Pancreas and Spleen Anatomy Flashcards Preview

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1
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What do the left and right triangular ligaments attach?

A

Superior surface of the liver to the diaphragm.

2
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What does the falciform ligament attach?

A

Anterior liver surface to the anterior abdominal wall.

3
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What does the free edge of the falciform ligament contain?

A

The ligamentum teres - remnant of the umbilical vein.

4
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What are the 4 lobes of the liver called?

A

Left
Right
Caudate
Quadrate

5
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What is the name of the ducts that carry bile out of the liver and what are they called when they converge?

A

Right and left hepatic ducts.

Converge to form the common hepatic duct.

6
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What duct carries bile to and from the gall bladder?

A

Cystic duct.

7
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What is the duct that the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct join to form?

A

Common bile duct.

8
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What sphincter allows for the control of release of the secretions from the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct?

A

Sphincter of Oddi.

9
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What are the vessels in the porta hepatis, anteriorly to posteriorly?

A

Common hepatic duct
Hepatic artery
Hepatic portal vein

10
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What forms the hepatic portal vein?

A

The Union of the splenic vein and the SMV.

11
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What do the left and right coronary ligaments attach?

A

Superior liver surface to the diaphragm.

12
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What is the duct that the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct join to form?

A

Common bile duct.

13
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What do the left and right coronary ligaments attach?

A

Superior liver surface to the diaphragm.

14
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Why does the splenic artery count as an end artery?

A

Divides into 5 arteries which each supply a segment of the spleen - no anastamosing

15
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What is the arterial supply of the pancreas?

A

Pancreatic branches of the splenic artery.
The head is additionally supplied by the superior and inferior pancreaticduodenal arteries (from gastroduodenal and SMA).

16
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What is the venous drainage of the pancreas?

A

Head - Superior mesenteric vein to the hepatic portal vein

Tail - Splenic vein to the hepatic portal vein