Anatomy of the Liver
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Which ligament divides the liver into two lobes?

  • Portal ligament
  • Caudate ligament
  • Hepatic ligament
  • Falciform ligament (correct)

What is the shape of the hepatic lobules?

  • Hexagonal
  • Triangular
  • Circular
  • Pentagonal (correct)

What structures make up the portal triad?

  • Interlobular artery, interlobular vein, interlobular bile duct (correct)
  • Hepatic artery, portal vein, hepatic vein
  • Central vein, sinusoids, bile canaliculi
  • Hepatocytes, bile salts, hepatic lobules

What is the function of the sinusoids in the liver?

<p>To remove bacteria and worn RBCs (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does arterial blood oxygenate the hepatocytes?

<p>Hepatic artery (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the final destination of blood being inspected in the liver?

<p>Hepatic vein (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What substance does the liver produce to aid in digestion and absorption of fats?

<p>Bile salts (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where are the bile salts absorbed in the body?

<p>Ileum (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do the bile salts do after aiding in digestion and absorption of fats?

<p>They are recycled in the body (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which organ produces bile?

<p>Liver (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where is the gallbladder located?

<p>Behind the liver (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the gallbladder?

<p>To store bile (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the duct that connects the gallbladder and the liver?

<p>Cystic duct (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the duct that connects the liver and the duodenum?

<p>Common hepatic duct (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the duct that connects the pancreas and the duodenum?

<p>Pancreatic duct (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the structure formed by the merging of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct?

<p>Common bile duct (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the structure formed by the merging of the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct?

<p>Hepatopancreatic ampulla (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does the bile flow after passing through the hepatopancreatic ampulla?

<p>Duodenum (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the opening in the duodenum where bile is excreted?

<p>Major duodenal papilla (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which lobe of the liver is larger?

<p>Right lobe (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the shape of the hepatic lobules?

<p>Pentagonal (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the tiny tubes found at the corner of each hepatic lobule?

<p>Portal triad (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which blood vessels are part of the portal triad?

<p>Hepatic artery (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the sinusoids in the liver?

<p>Detoxify blood (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does blood from the hepatic portal system pass through the liver for inspection?

<p>Sinusoids (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the final destination of blood being inspected in the liver?

<p>Hepatic vein (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What substance does the liver produce to aid in digestion and absorption of fats?

<p>Bile salts (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where are the bile salts absorbed in the body?

<p>Small intestine (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which structure forms the physical connection between the gallbladder and the liver?

<p>Common bile duct (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does the duct system merge with the pancreas?

<p>Hepatopancreatic ampulla (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the gallbladder?

<p>To store bile (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the opening in the duodenum where bile is excreted?

<p>Major duodenal papilla (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where is the gallbladder located?

<p>Behind the liver (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the sinusoids in the liver?

<p>To allow exchange of substances between hepatocytes and blood (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which ligament divides the liver into two lobes?

<p>Falciform ligament (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does the bile flow after passing through the hepatopancreatic ampulla?

<p>Duodenum (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the duct that connects the pancreas and the duodenum?

<p>Pancreatic duct (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the structure formed by the merging of the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct?

<p>Hepatopancreatic ampulla (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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